Particle System & Physics

I was wondering as I see a lot of design changes towards Blender 2.8, and of course lots of under the hood work going on, but now towards the final stretch I see a lot of cosmetic work and bug fixing and it looks like Blender left Particle system and Physics for another future build. :(

I would love to see improvements in the physics and particle system as they are lagging behind other software like Maya or Houdini.

Is there any plans for future developments (any links to read about?)