i've started running an image dump for en.wp using a version of trickle with large-file support (the last one died after 2GB). if this works i'll set up regular image dumps again along with the db backups.
the copy is running slowly so as not to overload the fileserver, so dumps may not be entirely up to date when done.
This sounds like great news - any idea as to when it will be completed? I would love to include images asap.... where would we download the dump from though?