There is a pretty distinct and active Meteor community, though from the outside it's hard to tell how much of that is just people who are interested in it because of the hype (kinda the problem MongoDB had) vs people who actually use it and know what they are doing.
I wouldn't say the wait for 1.0 is a good indicator of stability or success, though. Node.js is still at 0.x and so is React. AngularJS took a long while to get to 1.x but is now actively working on 2.0.
Many developers are cautious about when they dare calling a product 1.0. Until the idea that "if your code is in production, it's already 1.0" gained some ground, there was barely any code on npm that wasn't stuck in pre-1.0 land.
The real indicator is how much time passes between minor or bugfix releases. Ideally the latter should happen fairly regularly and the former not too often. If Meteor hits 2.0 anytime soon, that could be a worse sign than if it sticks with 1.0.x for "too long".
I wouldn't say the wait for 1.0 is a good indicator of stability or success, though. Node.js is still at 0.x and so is React. AngularJS took a long while to get to 1.x but is now actively working on 2.0.
Many developers are cautious about when they dare calling a product 1.0. Until the idea that "if your code is in production, it's already 1.0" gained some ground, there was barely any code on npm that wasn't stuck in pre-1.0 land.
The real indicator is how much time passes between minor or bugfix releases. Ideally the latter should happen fairly regularly and the former not too often. If Meteor hits 2.0 anytime soon, that could be a worse sign than if it sticks with 1.0.x for "too long".