Is "setgenerate true" not available in the v2 wallet console?
A coin designed for CPU/GPU mining should have this functionality.
If enough people want it I'll see if I can add it in, until then there are CPU miners available at
http://wiki.darkcoin.eu/wiki/Mining_Darkcoin#Mining_ProgramsWith a CPU you'll probably get 300-500 k/hash.
Is that a hard fork change, or just a maintenance revision? If it's hard fork, I would say it's not worth it right now. We've already got too many versions floating around!