https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55011
--- Comment #1 from Kunal Mehta (Legoktm) legoktm.wikipedia@gmail.com --- #1: This is implemented in the rewrite branch, you just set the PYWIKIBOT2_DIR variable to where your user-config is.
#2: I think this would be an interesting layer to add onto pywikipedia. Probably can be done with a "MysqlSite" or something, since all queries should get routed through that. DB access doesn't mean you have page text access, so it isn't *that* useful.