When you are a dev, you have to be really careful when you chat, because people want answers. But if the situation isn't clear, even to yourself, yet, then you cannot give people what they want, and it is better to say nothing. They will be in touch, of course, over the next couple of months, they will have to be, and asking for a "progress report" only increases their workload.
^ thisSeriously guys what's wrong with you? Do you think that evolving this thing is like sticking minecraft blocks together? Well, building a pocket calculator in minecraft took... did you see that video?
Now imagine that 10x more complex. That's still not even the tip of the iceberg.
The devs announced a fork and they are sticking to the schedule. Fine for me.