Hi Tracy,
I did also some changes that should included in this dotLRN release. Until now only cosmetic stuff like using tables to display more than one entry in the forum and news portlets like is used in the faq portlet. I created a bug and uploaded also the patches to use.
I want to work on the forum package now and will send up a patch as soon as my stuff is finished.
I think having the homework package finished for this release is the better idea. Because Heidelberg is dealing with performance issues at present anyway and who knows when the next release is.
Greetings,
Nima