Hi:
0.3 is meant to be the big bang release where users are blown away, not minor releases. To take Alex's earlier comparison, the Linux kernel often jumps minor releases (2.6.*) with no obvious improvements. You generally have to read the changelog to see what has changed (and if it's worth you upgrading)
Again, my point is; if we're not going to do anymore 0.2.* releases, then we could be in for a long wait before networking is at a stage which meets the 0.3 criteria.
Ged.
I think that a release right before 0.3 would be good to have enough testing (at least 2 months) and freeze it for a while only correcting bugs. And of course follow the right secuence of alpha beta release candidate and release with enought time. Because I think the process takes very little time for ROS when it happens. Well a branch could be a possibility too.
Regards Waldo