[DBMandrake]

Hehe, yes... XBMC 14 has now opened up for new features, this is not for Gotham.
Up until now Master (Helix since a while) and Gotham has been pretty much identical since there has only been bug fixes.
So, if you want Gotham you should install Sam´s builds (from Gotham) as those are quite stable and not much will change until release.

Of course it makes sence to stick with master, development must go on.
And Gotham builds (beta/RC etc.) you can easily install either from Raspbmc settings.

From now on the test builds from me will be Helix only, Gotham ”test” builds will be provided through official channels.
So count on more buggy builds from here... but the last one seems very stable though.

Ah I understand. I had the idea that you were building test builds for Gotham up until release, (due to Sam being MIA for so long last year) I didn't realise you were continuing to make builds from master after Gotham was released...

I think I'm on your second to last build (will have to check at home) and it is very stable with no outstanding issue that affect me, especially after popcornmix's great work squashing recent bugs. In short, it works great. I was mainly running early Gotham builds because Gotham is so much better on the Raspberry Pi than Frodo (especially performance) that it was a no brainer despite being beta/alpha code.

My concern is what do I switch to after this build, because Sam is not nearly as forthcoming on exactly what goes into his builds and what they're based on, and I'm not really wanting to venture out into Helix territory at the moment...

If I switch to one of Sam's builds I don't know how many of popcornmix's fixes I'll be loosing for example - a lot of what makes your build so good is the bleeding edge commits from newclock3.

So I guess I'll stay on the current build until Gotham is final and Sam releases his version of it, and then give that a try. (Hopefully there won't be too many regressions from being a plainer build) I've annoyed the household with far too much testing on the Raspberry Pi recently, (which is normally on the main TV) so it's probably best if I lie low for a while and stick with my current build for now.