In my on case i would be very weary of any possible upcoming fork due to the track record of the predecessors, a lot of people believe this project would be a step ahead of Onion project, for those who miss out on Onion airdrop, priv was the second chance for them, even though some already tag it as scam from the onset, they were attack and cursed out by majority of priv supporters,
I hope if they happens to find a new dev it will be a person who have interest on the project long term.