At the moment, it's not money holding Ady back. Yes, I assume he will still need it when he gets back into making the edit, but he has more important things to do now and trying to get him to rush back into it, even or even especially with donations, will be unproductive and could even come across as selfish and offensive given the reason why he's not working on it at the moment. Even if he were to decide to release a beta or workprint version, which I don't expect he would want to do anyway, there would be no way to put a deadline on it because we don't know how long he'll be away from us and I don't think he does either.

Take care, Adywan, and all the best to you and your family for a safe and happy Christmas.