Yesterday Ken Smith created the RLENG_8, which is required before being able to release any 8.x version at all. This is the first step that will finally lead up to BETA3, after which RC1 is planned. Beta3 also marks the end of the “liberal” ‘ok we still allow some new features if they had previously been discussed’. No more new features will be inserted when BETA3 becomes live. I will try to make a nice list of what’s new for 8.0 the moment BETA3 is tagged. The release is one step closer again!
On August 4, 2009, In FreeBSD, by Remko
Several hours after 7.1-PRERELEASE name had been created within 7-STABLE, not branched!, 6.4 had also been named for the time being from 6-STABLE. That means that that branch will also soon split into 6.4-RELEASE (the final branch) to continue for the release. As well as for 7.1.. NO PANIC! It will all be over soon, and you can use a brand new release 
