If the patch is ready to be committed early in the cycle, I'd say most definitely ... just depends on how late in the cycle its ready ...
I *believe* that 8.1, we're looking at a 2mo cycle before beta, so figure beta for ~April 1st (no april fools jokes, eh?) ...
You guys are crazy :) We haven't had a release cycle less than a year in many, many releases :)
Chris
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