Release 2.12 - 3.0

[elekktretterr at exemail.com.au]

> Having a nifty new software version with potential bugs is not unique to
> our
> software project.  Let's do what other projects do: say "Here's the new
> version.  It's in beta.  It has a lot of new features, but may have new
> bugs.  Please test".  That way we're not releasing with a known nasty bug,
> but we're not shutting off access to an already wildly improved next
> release.

What would be point of that? Do we absolutely have to do a release? Just
wait a month to test Matt's new code and release it then. It's either a
RELEASE or it's BETA. It's not the worst thing to happen to a project to
have to delay a release because of a known bug.