We're not a team as such, just a community who jump in and out as time permits. You're absolutely welcome to ask your question in Gitter - or jump on the Github issue you linked - both are for everyone. I'm sure the people familiar with the C aspects of Espruino and the ESP8266 port in particular (which I am not) will answer your question on current state and any likely future state re static IP addresses.
Espruino is a JavaScript interpreter for low-power Microcontrollers. This site is both a support community for Espruino and a place to share what you are working on.
We're not a team as such, just a community who jump in and out as time permits. You're absolutely welcome to ask your question in Gitter - or jump on the Github issue you linked - both are for everyone. I'm sure the people familiar with the C aspects of Espruino and the ESP8266 port in particular (which I am not) will answer your question on current state and any likely future state re static IP addresses.