has anybody heard a release date of 2.9?

[Ian Wood]

The *beta* runs out. It's not been said anywhere that standalones  
*built with* the beta will stop working.

Ian

On 31 Jan 2008, at 21:41, Tim Shields wrote:

> Whilst I can't say _exactly_ when 2.9 is going to ship, I can tell you
> that the last beta of 2.9 will stop working in a couple of months - so
> I am afraid you can't build/release your application with the Beta.