there no one else to answer so I give my quess.
ruud has been pretty silent lately and that can mean many things. I quess he isn't going to release the final inside 2 weeks but still I'm hoping he could do that before end of the month.

about the tools... I did not follow what kind of tools you are waiting for?
like "tools" found on kixtart.org -> scripts are allready available on kix2k1...

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