Im just in the process of finishing up GAB. Then I was going to look at reqriting GAL or this, but I was leaning toward GAL first as it wont be such a mamouth task.
I too am eager to get it done as those 2 macks are essential to me upgrading to 3.5 which I want to do as soon as its gold. The biggest problem is that GAS isnt going to be such a straight forward rewrite as GAB or GAL
BTW: The good news is that it will include a review system with rating polls too For example, you can have forums specifed as Movie reviews that will display in the same format as articles, however you can specify 'Reviews' or 'Movie Reviews' instead of articles. You will then be able to specify a preset rating system per forum like:
Entertainment: (1-10)
Acting: (1-10)
Directing: (1-10)
blahblahblah
Overall (1-10)
Whats different between that and a normal poll? Users cant specify their own poll items, only the author can rate the items (im optionally looking at comment reviews too), and they are consistent across the forum.