David's status updates could very well be a count down to 1.0.0.
Just in case, here's a link to a countdown.
http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=239&iso=20151030T00&msg=Mine-imator 1.0.0 Final Release#
(NOTE: THIS COULD VERY WELL BE WRONG! DAVID'S UPDATES COULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH 1.0.0!)