Hurd/L4 active?

[Shams]

Hi,

Is this project still active developed?

Is the now the chosen microkernel for Hurd? If not then what kernel is and 
what are the
future development plans for Hurd.

I have also read about ngHurd, is this different code base then the current 
Hurd. If so then
why can't we all just contribute to the same code base and improve the 
existing Mach and
Hurd and rather then forking another Hurd project. This will delay Hurd even 
more??

Thanks
Shams

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