There's been minimal to no contact with the site owner in recent weeks.
Though it should also be said that contingency plans are being created, in case the site does go down / takes too long to hear anything at all from the owner.
We're not sure what's happening.
Indeed, collaborators like froggie and I are as in the dark as everyone else.
I suppose I may just continue to update my .LIST file on my PC in case it ever re-activates.
I'm still maintaining the regions of the world I'm collaborating on, albeit not sending updates in until the ones I sent in last summer get ingested. I don't think the collaborators have given up and should there be a new site doing the same thing, or (hopefully) the current site stops being mothballed, then an up-to-date .list file is a good thing to have.
I'm even starting to bring up the European countries that I am not in charge of up to date (they are about a year behind) in case the contingency plans need enacting. I spent the weekend (doing other stuff as well) bringing Central Asia (countries ending -stan) up to date* - mostly improvements in mapping, rather than anything else.
*Which is probably the most pointless task ever (updating routes that no one has been anywhere near, that aren't mine to update, for a site that is mothballed). Oh, wait, no - I made Asian Highway files for those countries -
that is the most pointless task ever!