mm765 and erSitzt created Irrlicht NX, a version of the irrlicht engine with added patches and cvs support. This project looks promising, they are running their own cvs server and they’ve got a forum and a wiki. In addition, there is also an up-to-date API documentation available. I would recommend to use and support this great service, if you need a bug fixed, a more stable engine or cannot always wait for me to make a new release. They could need some help:

• Of course, they need people for sending in patches. Simply post them into their forum.
• They are searching for maintainers of parts of the library.
• They could need someone to create a better website.

Many thanks go to the maintainers and creators of this project!
I updated the link page, adding IrrlichtNX, jirr and a pointer to the IRC channel.