[eluser]kilishan[/eluser]
I don't remember where, but I do recall someone (Derek?) saying on Twitter, I believe, that there should be word out someetime during December about CI 2.0. Now, does that mean we'll get it in December? Probably not, since I'm sure they have to update documentation, etc. A few days ago the SVN was showing 1.7.3, so it may still be a while.
I did go ahead and grab a copy of the freelancer's version of the EE beta and have started poking through code. Haven't had enough time to really grasp the changes yet, but looking forward to it.