All - As a heads up, I will be assembling a release candidate for a v0.5.0 release this weekend and potentially into Monday.
I believe that the blocker issues have been resolved as well as a number of other minor fixes that cropped up in between the last rc and the current state. I will be updating the CHANGES file with entries to reflect that work and turning the crank to get an rc out for testing early next week. If anyone has any issues or concerns with this plan - please let me know. thanks! --larry