Hi Gavin, UNOFFICIAL RESPONSE:
If we release ZF 0.2 on Halloween this would be a really nice birthday present ;-) I see that there is a lot of work to be done and it also really is in hands of the community to accelerate the process to head for the ZF 1.0 release. Hopefully I find some time in the near future to pick up some of the issues from the issue tracker to solve them or help solving them. Best Regards, Ralf