I was planning on putting up a second beta release a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately, I wound up being too busy to do it then, and then got sick, so that's been delayed for a while. I might be able to put one up this weekend, but if not, one is likely next weekend. I haven't gotten many reports of problems with 0.43.05-beta1, which is either a good thing or a sign that nobody's using it (at this point I'd like to assume it's actually stable, though). The main reason I want to put out another beta release is for Stonesense, so expect a stable release to follow that pretty quickly.
Well since mine is still the last I will put my new questions on to this one,
When you do that, this thread doesn't show up under "Updated topics" for anyone who's replied, which makes it less likely for people to notice that you've asked more questions.
I'm not at all familiar with those scripts myself, but what exactly about sand gathering are you looking to "replace"? Are you talking about reimplementing sand gathering, supporting additional materials, removing it entirely, or something else? (Same for the farmer's workshop jobs, etc.)