Attributes haven't been completely "thrown away" and spellmaking is not confirmed to be out. Hope that eases your worries a little bit.
No - attributes (as opposed to
derived attributes) have been entirely eliminated. That's confirmed. The claim has been made that the
effects of those attributes have been retained, but the attributes themselves have been entirely, without question, eliminated. Granted though - spellmaking has not been confirmed to have been eliminated, but I don't think it's looking too good.
I can only suggest that you read the entire post rather than just those two phrases. It should then make sense.