"..... the last release was 9 months ago, the last commit on Github in January. Let's face it, this project is pretty much dead...."
Sounds like complaining to me, but even if it isn't, it's negative and serves no other purpose than to attempt to discourage those still hanging around...
Point is; why are people who believe this Rom is dead, believe there will be no update, why do they keep coming back here to complain, tell everyone the Rom is dead, and/or run Nate or the Rom down?
Do people normally go back to a restaurant they hate every few weeks, stand in line, and tell everyone in line that you aren't eating here, you've started eating at another place across town, that you're tired of waiting for them to serve something new? No, normal people don't; unless they want to stir up trouble.
Opinions are welcomed here as is OT; unless the opinions or OT aim to run down the Rom, the thread, the thread regulars, or take shots at Nate because he's "taking too long" to drop an update. Nate's Note 3 Alliance thread stayed pretty active nearly a year after he said he was stopping development.
Most PN regulars aren't just here for the goodies, we're here for each other, for users still running PN, and we don't mind waiting to see if Oreo drops.
Those who don't like the way things are here, need to stop coming back.