girkers
> So then where can I find a list of outstanding
> issues, that stop this from moving from an Alpha. > Or do I need to look at the bug reports and if so, > where would I find them.
If you are tempted to use the alpha for production use (?), and don't think that any bugs you see are important or significant to you, also keep in mind that the developers are still adding (and removing) functionality. The specification is not yet final and more changes would probably be likely.
The next change they make may also break something in that alpha release, which then gets fixed in the next release and so on until there is nothing else to do (at least this time around until the next upgrade or major release).
At a wild guess, it may be some months away yet before a good beta or a hint of a final release is likely to be seen.
As Gordon said recently, patience grasshopper.