En garde, sir! I can’t agree with you on either point. A lot of online commenters seem to want these things to be true, but I think they must not be really looking. Eg:
stack commits in the last year:
cabal-install + Cabal commits in the last year:
stack releases in the last year:
cabal releases in the last year:
stack docs:
cabal docs:
stack dev community:
stack’s main community hub is its issue tracker I think (I’m not too sure).
cabal dev community:
The cabal project has been making excellent use of chat (#hackage), regular calls, etc. to build community.