I thought it's supposed to be "On Hold" if the dev chimes in and confirms ongoing work.
If a dev says that
ahead of time, then
On Hold initially is assigned. However, in this case, it was already marked as
Abandoned before V1si0n4ry replied. Once that happens, it's actually not uncommon for the
Abandoned tag to remain until another release happens. This happened in the early part of this year, for example, with
Bad Bobby Saga. Monroe's
post above just indicates this same policy is being followed here.