I asked the dev (rovo89) already.
BTW, you are the first person who called me "shaft"... I'm feeling home right now
Well, I think some things from CM are possible to implement. Surely we can't mimic a CM and most of the features are possible via 3rd party apps - just use them. For example the dealbraker "power toggles": I would never start to implement CM toggles because PT is much more powerful and easy to use.
LED control? Use Light Flow.
Quiet hours? Use Llama.
In general, don't be afraid of installing 3rd party apps, because the features in CM are "3rd party" too. If an app is extra installed or in the framework doesn't make a difference - they need RAM and CPU power also, moreover some "features" are extra apps also (DSP settings).
Let's focus on small things which aren't easily possible to install:
- back button kill app -> I'm working on that, need help eventually, someone interested?
- Lockscreen shortcuts/weather -> Maybe we can implement the 4.2 lockscreen?
- slide2wake -> Omar/arman68? Kernel masters?

- Power menu -> this should be easy, will take a look
- Display brightness -> arman68, can you do that?