It's my understanding that the release happens once the testing and documentaion is done. We're still just trying to get to the point that the testing and documentation can start
On the up side, it looks like every single 'todo' fix that is possible to fix (ie, we can't really get BT DUN back, it's supposed to be gone in 3.x, and it looks like it really is gone from the bits anyone can find) is actually going to be fixed once it is released. That's a ton of progress from even the 'woo hoo it works kinda sorta except for these 10 major problems' state we started with from the Helmi_c 3.5 kitchen - and that was a pretty amazing bit of work even to just get there.
Hang in there, it will get there.