Good for Tezos, it looks like last weeks there has been a progress (yeah, get rid of Gevers is a progress) and I keep my faith in the project. I expect around 2 months when we can see something.
A blockchain for the future cannot be build in few weeks, better to wait and have it working OK than something full of bugs.
Gevers is not a showstopper and has never been. The code is ready and working since a long time, they said they'll be releasing it despite financial circumstances.