U++ is using a rolling release system which means that the developers are working always on dev branch and if there is a bug it get always solved but not back ported to say 2008.1. Usually a new release come out after some major changes and it's out for people who are "scared" about using latest changes . I don't see why someone would stay with U++ 2008.1 or other release. Using U++ from development branch doesn't break your application(too often ) and make you keeping the step with the changes which are introduced daily. My advice is to don't be afraid of using latest U++ from svn. And yes, i think there should be a new release for 2009 year and i think Mirek is thinking at that too ( U++ PR, server infrastructure, etc.)