With this last ftp fix, we've got everything in 1.5 Alpha that we want. If all goes well with testing we could have a release in the next day or so. I've got most of the release docs done and I'll land those tonight or tomorrow morning. If you want to help test the (hopefully) final 1.5a bits you can get them at our ftp site. Feel free to note any problems you discover here in the comments or send me mail.
This is an alpha release so expect bugs. There have been some good changes in this cycle and I'm looking forward to seeing what kinds of issues are turned up when it gets more widespread milestone testing.