The Dev should post the database online for download. It will keep people happy until a fix for the bloat occurs.
Here is the database (blk0001.dat and blkindex.dat) synced till 2015-02-27:
http://p.pw/baeysL (~1.6Gb zip)
Hope it will help especially new users to quickly sync the wallet. Because now it takes forever to sync the wallet from zero...