Here we have it. On the second announced day of what is supposed to be a new Wordpress frame open to the general public.

Previously, the date scheduled for this was around the 10th of March, and then the 17th, and by the looks of their roadmap, they may have to delay it further.

Countdown: 4 hours.

According to the Wordpress Roadmap Tracker, the release date of Wordpress 2.5 should be due within 4 hours of this post. At this single point in time, they have closed 621 tickets and still have 375 to go. Though some of those tickets are suggestions which might not be fit into this release, there are still a few bugs left to shuffle through.

Would a delay be bad?

Short answer yes…. long answer no. Some people (like myself) have managed to choose out a new selection of plugins and design, while others are patiently waiting. I am a bit of both.

I do not mind waiting a bit more if it is delayed again. Why? I would rather have Wordpress take the time and go through all tickets rather then just spit out a new version that has stability problems. They are trying their hardest to make the next release possible (as soon as possible) with as little problems and bugs.

Beta Tests and Bug Fixes.

With the beta releases already out to the testers, there have been some people that have already created some noteworthy and unique plugins.

So keep in mind, that although it may be delayed, it is delayed for a good reason