I believe the message it sends is more important then it being active. And it's a finished project, no? Why should it be active?

Also I don't find reposts over long periods of time to be spam. Many people will see this for the first time here, me included.

Last posted 2 years ago, and reposts are not discouraged on HN if enough time has passed.

Also seems like the sort of project that might be "done" and then not need to be touched unless WP breaks compat.

Still a good reminder that we might not need a bloat that comes by default with any CMS, and should spend a few minutes replacing the default theme with something leaner.