Take a look at TDE/Trinity.
I do not know if it does as you wish, but it is a fork of kde2, with enhancements, and they are actually open to actual, usable, needed change.
I do not know if it does as you wish, but it is a fork of kde2, with enhancements, and they are actually open to actual, usable, needed change.
So no, they are not open to that path.
For no real beneficial reason?