Hi shobits1,
You are asking about a specific branch. Usually branches are a work in progress. Only the person (or persons) working on it know the answers to. It might be perfectly ok for a branch to not work, because maintainer(s) currently don't have time to continue, or ran into an issue that has to be faced first (sometimes even waiting for another branch/trunk to move forward first).
If you are interested in the development of the branch, it might be more productive to contact the author(s) directly. The fact that you did not receive a response yet does indicate that either the developer(s) are not reading these forums and/or that they are aware of the current issues.