Re: Can I keep my “normal” admin bar when activating BP?
@conschneider the last we heard is that it was “planned to coincide closely with the release of WordPress 3.3” Source: https://buddypress.org/about/roadmap/
(@ core devs could we have the roadmap updated to a newer date? 
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But, If you dont want to insert the code into your wp-config file, you can put it into your bp-custom.php file which does the same thing https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-custom-php/
Buddypress always looks to see if you have a bp-custom.php file in your plugin folder and reads the code in it before it does anything else.
