Don't worry, the ESF team is working on it as fast as they can(I hope) and you have to realize this patch is mainly bug fixes (which can take an uncertain amount of time)
Then you ask.... "Don't they know when the patch will be released?"
That's something they can't really answer... that's why it's called "Beta Testing"
They have to "test" everything over and over... till they are satisified and happy with the results. Be patient my friend... and don't doubt the skills that PcJoe and harSens have obviously already shown.