It's highly unlikely that it's going to do anything to improve vim. It seems this is being done out of necessity, namely google sunsetting Google Code. I could

It's highly unlikely that it's going to do anything to improve vim. It seems this is being done out of necessity, namely google sunsetting Google Code. I could be wrong, but it's unlikely that Bram has had a change of heart regarding encouraging contributions. NeoVim has my full attention; it's a forward thinking project that is doing everything I hoped Bram would do. With that said, it's going to take years before distros start standardizing on neovim, but it will happen.