Originally posted by Weaver:

They gave a firm date because they are in a place to confidently give one. They are probably also a bit sick of the variations of "are we there yet?" every five minutes on the forums because they hadn't given a firm date.

I really don't understand trying to spin giving a solid date into a negative thing.

Well I am not.

I was just stating my personal opinion on the matter and was seeking others viewpoints on it.

My concerns are slight and certainly not anything to be building up to be anything more than that.

I do worry a bit that in the worst case scenario something may pop up that makes it go past that date and then some people will flip out over it. <not me, I have stated i would be fine if they released later than Q3 ha ha>

Given the current climate I thought to give a date would be the last thing they really want to do.

As for other replies..
@Anarchist Jurisdictor
AAA "professional" devs are kind of the last ones I want to support so trying to emulate their behavior is not really a selling point to me. Although your point about setting aside time for QA is indeed reasonable. I just feel flexibility should be left in the devs hands rather than a fixed date in the best situation of it being ready already.

@MrFroglin
I prefer to say dot the T's and cross the eyes but yeah.
Very good point I had not considered at all was the gearing up of new folks for the bug fixing. Thanks for that.

Let's just hope it all goes smoothly! Have a great day!