The real first release of lubuntu should be for Lucid (10.04), in six months. To prepare it, I began to write 3 specifications [1] about the future Lubuntu, to hold discussion about some aspects of it. I hope to be at the Ubuntu UDS [2] to work on them. Feel free to contribute to them (with constructive arguments, not troll please :))
Nothing is decided, and help in various aspects to make Lubuntu 10.04 rocking, will be very appreciate 🙂
[1]
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/lubuntu-lucid-artwork
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/lubuntu-lucid-default-applications
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/lubuntu-lucid-packaging-policy