For my part the purpose of Storm RvR is to be more like a "Demo" Server
Like Graveen said it's always up to date with SVN and it's most of the time a pretty good example on how to implement each parts of DOL features.
I keep saying that it's a "Demo" Server because of the light GameMaster activity (it's not a critic it's just that community Activity is pretty low around Storm RVR) and because of missing live-like features that most of alternative shard admin have solved with "own" custom implementation (Latest Realm Abilities, Master Levels, Artefacts, Champion / Epic rewards OR keeping Classic DAOC...)
A lively server needs content-upgrade not only code upgrade