This post was written a month ago. It's these posts that made me believe the new client was basically finished. Now, an entire month later, and it seems the wallet upgrade is dead. I do not understand and I can't seem to get a straight answer. We can't launch a new website with a crappy, 3 year old wallet.
So can we get a firm date of the actual and complete release of the new client?
Thanks.
0.3.24.3 is the legacy wallet and his around for 2 1/2 years, this is your safe bet.
0.8.6 was just created recently and like any other software requires some time to mature. So far it works without any issue that I have found.
I have other developers who build the QT client. Right now I am waiting on one of them to release the Windows QT binaries.
0.8.6 already encrypts wallets. 0.8.6 has all the functionality of the latest Bitcoin client.