Charles2008
My understanding is that sme9 v1.0 release will replicate the features & functionality of sme8, except it will use CentOS 6 as the underlying operating system.
Bug fixes etc will be implemented but no major changes or additions.
Future releases of sme9 will look at implementing feature changes & improvements, as developer "man/woman power" & motivation allow.
So essentially whatever is in sme8 now, is what will be in sme9.0 (final release).