The beta is very likely to happen by Q2 this year. All of the release blockers are pretty much done. The big blocker was getting the package manager in shape, a

The beta is very likely to happen by Q2 this year. All of the release blockers are pretty much done. The big blocker was getting the package manager in shape, and setting up official build bots and repositories. These are done now. I am optimistic that the beta branch will happen in the next month or so.