It's true that I'm not spending a lot of time developing Litecoin, but I'm still here. I'm trying to see if I can get the github.com/litecoin repository and refork the current bitcoin code and patch in the litecoin changes.
Fordy has been helping me a lot with submitting patches, but there's not much interest from developers in working on Litecoin. If you are interested in helping out, let me know. I definitely need help reforking, patching, and testing the new code.