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Those 669 commits without a single release are pretty useless to the normal users.

What would be the difference between 0 commits without a release and 669 commits without a release?

The 0 commit project is dead or finished.

The 669 commit project is clearly not finished, but also not really dead, yet.

Well for one thing it means the project isn't dead, whether or not the release is ready.