So given this is over three hours late, if the OP had any integrity at all they would post something about a new release time, maybe 24 hours from now.  The release process should be completely tested and ready to go.  This business of making who knows how many people sit around for hours is ridiculous.  It would also ridiculous to come out with some release at this point, screwing all of those who went to bed, went to work, or some other distraction from bitcoin forum.

Oh, and some kind of statement about the initial difficulty would be nice too.