Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25754873-20150512210230/@comment-27723099-20150513034754

Samwise is correct. Mevans said: "I consider never updating past 1.8"

That means 1.8 will still come, and I'm glad about it because 1.8 really improves the performance and improves the possibilities with commands to an unbelievable level. And it means that 1.9 will probably not come. But Mevams said it when the information about the new features were not released yet.