Etch version freeze: when ?

[harm <harmweites@gmail.com>]

We al know the next stable (Etch) wil be due in early december (if all goes well). But when do the software packages get version freezed ? I know the core packages (like the kernel) should have been freezed early october but stuff like Xen doenst work with 
2.6.17-2-xen-686 And i recon that should be fixed before the release, right ?