The situation with Minecraft 1.8 seems to be progressing rather slowly. I'm still not sure whether I should go with Sponge, as that seems much different to the normal bukkit that we're used to. Fortunately for us, there is Glowstone, but it is not 1.8 ready yet. Spigot released an update for Minecraft 1.8 rather recently. It would seem like we're all set to go with this. However, that's not really true.
A few months ago there was a legal battle over CraftBukkit, essentially shutting down the project and many derivative projects based off of it. Spigot claims they have resolved all legal problems and presented a Bukkit, CraftBukkit and even Spigot that would work with Minecraft 1.8. Thing is, this may still entail the legal issues. However, that's not the only reason I don't want spigot 1.8. In actuality, it's not the greatest reason I don't want to use it.
1) New development environment. I've been with the same setup for 3+ years now. Switching to something new seems a bit chaotic to me
2) It doesn't seem like their patch system is friendly with the fact we add custom code to our server to fit any needs we may have. They would create updates and that may conflict
with our own system
3) Plugins we already have may not even be updated in tandem with this Spigot/CraftBukkit update as these plugins were authored off of the official Bukkit/CraftBukkit code
At some point I should toy with the idea of removing the custom IDP code inside our server .jar and replacing it with working code IDP-side. However, I don't think that's possible with some code, as some crucial IDP functionality would break (item effects/types for items, for example). If it was possible to do this, I could remove 2), and that leaves the development environment, and plugins authored from other developers. Due to the nature of 1.8 and the massive code changes involved, I don't imagine I would tackle the updating of these other plugins mystel.
If I go with Sponge, then that means changing quite a bit of IDP to match the requirements of Sponge. At this point, it seems like Glowstone is the best option. However, unfortunately that is not usable in a server environment yet. I do monitor progress of both Glowstone and Sponge though, seeing where they are and gauging whether to update yet or not. Nothing's come as of yet.
That being said, this situation is both unfair and unfortunate. I know you guys have been waiting for months. I want an update myself... this wait has been too long.
So, sorry to report that nothing new has really changed, but I at least gave you a more in-depth explanation than I have in the past.