Is CodeIgniter development dead?

[eluser]cpassas[/eluser]
I think lots of people will continure to use CI for many years but in the long run I think it's dead. EllisLab has let it sit for a long time and isn't showing interest in improving the situation. There is one hard working developer on Github accepting pull request, without him I don't think any commits would be added to the dev branch.

I have emailed EllisLab twice in the last few months. They were nice and replied both times saying they are still interested in CI and the release would be out soon but nothing has happened. If you look at their blog they never talk about CI anymore. That is a clue where it is in their priorities. I think it would be better if they let a community member take over the project and switch to an MIT License.