Yeah, offer something better instead of just whining in the issue tracker.

I've been considering RiR for some self-hosted stuff (looking at Seafile), and that's totally the approach I'd take: build it better and attract people to the project. I certainly wouldn't shill it until it could stand on its own.

Not all software needs to be ported to something else, but I'll certainly take a project with better security and performance over the OG.