Docs are nearing their beta release level, i.e. incomplete but at least with good installation stuff. Vinod did a bunch of editing and committed changes on Feb 1, and generated HTML files and committed them on Feb 4 (we're going to distribute the derived HTML as well as source XML files since getting Docbooks XML up is a bit of a PITA).
That's really been the big hang-up for weeks. I and others have been steadily fixing bugs but that could go on forever, obviously it's a lot less buggy than ACS 4.2 Classic. If it weren't for documentation I would've been ready to trot out a beta by Christmas.
The organized testing effort has fizzled to some degree, just as development work has on the project per se.
OpenMSG has been busy with paid work, so that's cut their ability to put in time temporarily. I've been doing paid work, too. InfiniteInfo, who did a couple of rapid ports awhile back (the adserver exists now, BTW, I do need to edit that status page), is also happily working on paid client stuff at the moment. Neophytos has gotten reallly busy with school.
And on and on and on.
I think this ebb-and-flow characteristic of our progress will be a fact of life for the time being.
On the other hand ... I've been receiving a steady stream of patch alerts from the SDM, as people find and fix minor bugs. Thanks, everyone! I've been sitting on them and intend to sit down soon (next week sometime), study, and apply them all in one long session.
With docs done and bug fixes applied I think we'll be ready to roll.
