zmq_pub.cpp/h which doesn't exist in aeon yet
Okay makes sense there is a significant gap there.
Currently the P2Pool in monero has less than 3% of the total hashrate - the network is still dominated by large pools. I don't see much value in enabling P2Pool for aeon right now when the adoption is so low. I imagine the usage of it to be very low unless aeon mining becomes extremely popular.
I think it's kind of valuable to have in place as a "break glass" option even if not currently heavily used. Centralized pools are a liability, perhaps not an urgent one for any coin though. Atomic swaps are similar BTW. I suspect hardly used but big increase in robustness for that option to be there.