No the forum is not dead, we are just quite busy so sometimes it takes a few days to respond.
In this case, this snap needs to access binaries outside the snap itself (Quartus Prime) and is itself an IDE so it meets both the requirements for classic confinement and fits within one of the existing categories for classic confinement to be granted as per Process for reviewing classic confinement snaps.
The requirements for classic confinement are understood. @advocacy can you please perform publisher vetting?