I realize this is a subjective question, but is MVCContrib dead? The NuGet package has had no updates since 2011, so normally I would consider a project like that dead and likely replaced by something else (i.e. something I should go find and use). I see there are infrequent commits, but having no NuGet package updates is strange.
But I can't find any alternatives for the basic requirement of wanting DRY links and redirects in MVC (i.e. using lambdas over strings for things like ActionLink and RedirectToAction). Has the Microsoft MVC team integrated these features in some hidden namespace that I don't realize? And if not, does anyone know why not? I would have liked to have seem the string-based methods deprecated by now...
So far I see, it is an active project as you can see on commit history. Probably it's not as an active as it was on early stages, it might be possible they think is enough with current features.
Also, take into account that there are nuget packages for every mvc version. For instance, latest one is for MVC 5 and publish date is on 2013-11-21