Which release cycle are we in?

Bruce Momjian said:
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> This thread has been saved for the 8.1 release:
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>     http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches2
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There have been many such postings. Are we not in the 8.1 dev cycle right
now? And some changes have already been committed to the HEAD branch that
are not or should not be intended for 8.0.x with or without a n ARC
replacement, unless my memory is mistaken. If thta is so, these posts are
quite confusing, as this is the message that has usually greeted patches
destined for a branch later than the one in the current dev cycle. If not,
what on earth is going on?

cheers

andrew