Work on the new version has restarted(some changes that never were live are still present since the 8.6 alpha), I pretend to do thousands of changes to the game before the new version goes live, it will take (I expect) a little over a month, but it will be worth the wait, sorry for making people wait 5 years for the new version.
The new update will focus on making the map somewhat more competitive and a better late game.
1.28 and now the new patch have made it possible to do multiple important updates to the map, expect it to be the biggest update ever other than maybe 7.0(Map change from legacy to Azeroth).
I'd appreciate a wishlist for things, I don't promise everything getting added but I'll try to add as much as I can