Technically, it is out... It is running on this very site... Now we just have to wait till they get it fine tuned for the rest of us... Question... Would you want a car that had just been assembled and not tested??? NOT ME!!!! I will wait, till it is ready...
Who needs testing. Just scrape something together call it gold and let the masses test it.
Oh wait.. That is Windows ideology, My bad.
LOL.
I do agree that it should be fine-tuned. We'll all be just as disappointed if it meets the deadline but doesn't meet the standards of the community.

So I don't mind if it misses a day, week, month, year or century.

For me (and possibly others), it is a big deal since I never got to install SMF 2.0 RCs/betas on a production environment (but I did get to try it out on this community, after all) since there's that big disclaimer of not running it as such.
Meanwhile I will go bring out my telescope and stare into night sky later for potential asteroids.