D3D command stream abandoned?

[Forest]

I haven't seen any news of the command stream lately.  The last thing I read
was the mention of "more preparation work" in the 1.7.4 release
announcement.  Has the project been abandoned?

I maintain a wine build for gamers, and currently have it frozen at version
1.7.1 with Stefan's September 2 command stream patches, because they seem to
boost performance quite a bit for some folks.  I'd love to get something
more mature into my users' hands if it's available.