What I believe stands between us and v2.0 release now is the fixing of the db:migrate thing
Everything else is less critical. Although it's funny how 1.6 was huge, but merely a "minor" release because of full backwards-compatibility, while 2.0 is kinda small but gets a "major" release because of API changes 
Here are some of the major features of the upcoming v2.0 as of now:
- Custom emojis
- New emoji picker
- New emoji images (twemoji)
- Emoji autosuggestions
- Ability to define themes for admins and select a theme in preferences for users
- No more private toots sent over OStatus
- When only one image/gif attached to toot, it's displayed uncropped in detail/public view
- New error page with elephant friend
I dunno, would you be happy with just that?
@gargron any idea if we’ll ever get an embed when a toot link is tooted? (like the way quoting a tweet works on the birdsite)
@taiz No, I don't think so. It leads to a rather terrible atmosphere. There's a very small margin where people use it for good, like "look at this great artwork", but usually it gets used as a faux-reply except addressed at one's followers, as a sort of invitation to dogpile. Even when calling out like that is acceptable, putting bad content into your followers' timelines leads to bad moods. And when it's used to chain own train of thought... It's like self-replying, but with a lot more clicking
@Gargron @taiz I don't agree with this. Of course people misuse it, but on the other hand is it the #1 feature from Twitter I miss in here. I used it a lot. And yes also sometimes to criticize tweets, but most of the time to add valuable extra information.
Also don't forget that people are already able to make screenshots of toots, and comment on that.
@jeroenpraat @taiz @gargron
for news current events and such I would call this feature even as being cruical
@gargron @taiz @jeroenpraat
missing it also in mastodon.
I think one need to remember that mastodons communication culture is way different from twitter.
But I like tge attitude to keep that in mind, if building it all in away to promote having a greater athmosphere.