I guess it's safe to say that this project is dead.

Last update on git for shepherd was made on Thursday July 08 2010, last update on the shepherd plugins was made on Sunday August 15 2010.

I will have a look at the code that is released so far, maybe it is already usable.

Anyway, this is really, really sad. This is the one application I was absolutely excited about. Maybe, hopefully, someone will pick up where atilla and ecksun left.