We (Damian and I) are starting work on replacing the current administrative control channel with an JSON-RPC based one, as I have mentioned at previous summits. The basic write is here: https://solidwallofcode.github.io/RPC.en.html.
I would prefer to not discuss this on the mailing list. If there is actual interest in this work outside of the two of us, reply that you are interested and I will open an issue on github to hold the discussion. An issue will be much easier to find later, and I think has a better interface than email for such discussions.
