I understand what R. Belmont is saying. Life seems to become more complicated as time goes on and Mamedev are not impervious to this. More and more time is needed to spend with family work etc.
I do wish mamedev would go back though to the pattern of doing bug fix releases though. I always looked forward to those updates more than any other. I also understand that many problems with older games right now is protection needing understood and emulated along with some needing the chips decapped etc. And I admit I am no programmer so I am at their mercy (mamedev) on seeing these fixes. NOT Complaining just stating a fact. And because of my lack of programming skills I truelly appreciate all mamedev for their hard work and devotion.
The only real thing I would like to see is the CHD games like cubequest, mach one, and firefox fixed but again I am no programmer so I quietly wait hoping to see these fixed all the time understanding that Mamedev have lives too...