This was also around the same time the 2.0 Beta's were very actively developed leading one to think a 2.0 stable release could be expected.

The 2.0 betas were released well after the EOL announcement.

leading one to think a 2.0 stable release could be expected.

I have faith that the next 2.0 beta will probably be stable enough to consider a final release. Whether or not they name it "beta" or "final" is going to be a different story.
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Tony Fabris