To be clear here, Angular 2.0 has been confirmed by its developers as the solution for products that are capable of using newer Javascript implementations (particularly ES6). They won’t stop supporting Angular 1.x, instead encouraging developers who are building future-facing apps to make use of 2.0.
That said, it does still make you wonder what the point is of making a not-very-future-proof Angular 1.x project at this point…