Oh no I didn't mean as a personal attack or anything so thanks for taking your time and for the reply! I know the chances are miniscule but there is that 1% in the back of my brain because it happened in the past with some distros I've really liked

You're good -- didn't take it as one.

It's an important question to ask.

Can happen to corporate projects as well. As one example, look at how many projects Google has killed.