Despite the few crash bugs people are getting, there is nothing much I can do to fix them. I have done my best to reproduce these bugs but with little success.
I think we need to release the the broader public, make it available. If the bugs are common for everyone, then we should eventually get something reproducible, and we can do a Beta 2 release soon afterwards with them fixed.
I think everyone should begin updating their build information such as debian/mandriva. Don't expect other people to do it, if you maintain the build its your responsibility.
Others can generate the source as-is, make a note that the released source code tar ball does not yet have updated build information for these packages. Good thing about a candidate branch is that these changes can keep going. I figure this is a wise decision.
Windows release is certainly ok to go
-- Extra cheese comes at a cost. Bradley Arsenault.