theyre probably getting ready for the final release
its due out in 5 days
July 22nd, 2008: Tag KDE 4.1
Assuming there is only one release candidate, trunk is frozen for KDE 4.1 tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as those fixing compilation errors, should be committed.
July 29th, 2008: Release KDE 4.1
KDE 4.1 becomes available for general consumption.