Getting close. They want to release the beta this week.
https://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-committers/2018-November/049667.html
I will wait a few more days for the dust to settle down a bit before i start the merge. There are quite a few things where i expect a change after the initial beta release.
But i am already at work with doing some small preparations beforehand. And the new manual is growing since weeks anyways. I don’t run out of work ^^