Re: [ANN][XCP] Counterparty - Pioneering Peer-to-Peer Finance - Official Thread
Well, the Counterparty dev team prioritizes security so we should really not be rushing them. 
I too would like to know about the release date. This is not to say we want a rushed release to mainnet but some sort of expected (or estimated) timeline would be helpful.
Maybe it will be mentioned in the next community update.