This is actually why I kind of don’t support the fact that Sponge is built on top of Forge. Updating will just takes ages everytime Minecraft updates. That is not a sustainable solution for most servers. In my opinion, the focus should first lie on a direct implementation, and only then we should start worrying about Forge mods.
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You say direct implementation like it is easy. It is not. Besides we cannot legally make a direct implementation. That was the problem with bukkit, it dealt with GPL code on a proprietary platform. That would put sponge into a crazy amount of gray areas and uncertainty. Also, making a direct implementation would probably take twice as long as working off forge as they would have to decompile, rename and do everything that the MCP and Forge team already does.
The only software that sponge could ever potentially make a direct implementation of would be glowstone which is a 100% open source version of the minecraft server, but it is far from finished.
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Thanks for updating, News enough to keep everyone occupied 
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Thanks for all of the hard work you guys are putting into this api i can wait for it come out.
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Sarcasm? When is the next commit occurring? What is the status of all the PRs?
The PR’s were requested to be stopped a while ago, as for the commits, creating an API is more based on decisions than quickly coding. New code is released as we make decisions.
Which is every…?
There isn’t a designated time for it. You can expect a lot more frequent commits over the next month however, as we have an API release goal of in November
Good to know, thanks.