I think we are just about ready for a 0.9.0 release and will be feature complete enough to be considered Beta. Two things I'd like before we release 0.9.0 is some replication testing of the new security stuff and to finally change "count" to "limit" in view query string arguments. Also, some people have complaints about the programmatic interfaces for map/reduce/rereduce functionality. If anyone wants to change these, or any other major aspects of CouchDB interfaces, now is the time. It only gets harder as we move forward. Feedback please. -Damien