WEll it seems they are giving more concrete answers already, but I don't know why their release is taking ages, maybe they REALLY want a zero bug FW version for their card or just making sure none of the clones copies their way to load custom features (aka kernel access) so easily.
Here is my piece of hope for you, everyone, I was keeping it for my chance of obtaining a free new3DS with a copy of Majora's Mask hen it comes out, but you need it more than me:
Let's hope that the briking code fo death and hell doesn't make a return.