"Feature creep" is hard to characterize. If the project needs and uses it, is it really "feature creep"?

Or, from Wikipedia, "The definition of what qualifies as "feature creep" varies among end users, where what is perceived as such by some users may be considered practical functionality by others." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature_creep

Hipp (the original SQLite author) also developed his own parser generator (Lemon) and his own editor (e). The former is also used by other projects.

Where do you store the different attributes? In the file-system? How do you manage consistency? Why put up with awkward cron solutions when you have a fully ACID database system right there to work with, which is portable across OSes, including ones which don't have cron?

If it helps any, don't think of it as a VCS but as an SCM system - one which includes version control.