[madmax2]

so why did the master branch not get the new commits from the other branch?

Because the changes are not done yet and whould made the master branch unusable.

is this program not getting updates/improvements anymore?

Just not yet.

Seem like it has been way too long since december 2018 to still be using that version right now..9 months later.

Yes, it's too long, but it's still a hobby project of me and I had not enought time this year to works at this project like the last 10 years.  

Could you get more people to help with the project
since you are busy nowadays?

Can you at least compile a current release now, since it has been 9 months now..
or follow some sort of release schedule like at least every 6 months release an updated version (since you are busy, so 6 months release window would not be hopefully too demanding on your time)

There is still an extremely annoying SQL crash bug which is not fixed yet...
This bug annoys me the most more so than getting some new features (though getting new features is great too)
since it crashes exactly the same way when the same repeatable actions is done.. (you can test this bug yourself as I mentioned in the thread and bugtracker)

The bug was reported in Jan 21 2017
and looks like no one is looking into it.
Bug occurs for both movies and TV shows when you repeat the action outlined in the thread/bugtracker

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=335658
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=301625
http://embermediamanager.thebuggenie.com...ues/EMM-52