@jpm @ariadne @hatzka @albertcardona
I'm not really following Hurd mostly. But I heard the same rumor. The person who told it to me said that when he went looking to confirm the rumor he discovered an unmerged patch series that had received no objections, in large part because it hadn't received much notice at all.
I was told that it's therefore a reason to be cautious but "panicking is premature".
No idea what's happened since then. Portage can theoretically support many kernels if wanted...