Was going through the blog update 'The Way Forward' again - noticed that it was done a month ago !
The first point in it was release of version 0.1.8 - in the blog post it was mentioned that this version is almost complete, still it took a month to come into fruition.
If we assume similar timelines for other activities mentioned in the post then version 0.1.9 would take around mid-Jan.
After that DPOS might take another 2 months, then Custom Block Chains might come to fruition till May.
Promotions would start after Custom Block Chains !
Any thoughts ?
My only thought is, that the 0.1.9er timeline is COMPLETELY wrong.

DPOS also doesn't take 2 months.

I think that timeline is a more realistic point of view, though i think 0.1.9 comes a bit earlier due to being developed alongside 0.1.8 for a while.
General time between releases of crypti are about a month, maybe more.
There's bound to be some problems with dpos, and even if it goes flawless testing an rechanging is alone takes like 2 weeks.
I'm seeing the Development pace speed up though with the hiring of new devs, which is a very good development.
0.1.9 is shaping up to be the gold release of the base crypti client.
With the capability to run stable on low-memory nodes(512mb) hopefully, and the stability to start developing services for crypti ( which it does not seem to have atm).
I think it will be the point crypti starts gaining a bit more community and traction, and hopefully some price increase with that.
We are internally testing 0.1.9 and Boris has already released test versions to the IRC regulars. Work on DPoS has already started and we are interviewing candidates for a 3rd developer spot. The pace of development is definitely much faster overall. I think everyone will be very happy with all of the improvements in 0.1.9 and it will be a very strong baseline to build off of for DPoS and onward.
We are working on the new Roadmap now that we have finalized design and outlines for DPoS & Chains functionality.
I can assure you that it will all be done long before May.