Eries,
No cause for contention or assumptiveness here, I was only linking to the best available information for you.
You asked 4 questions of "Where" official announcements are.
Answer to all 4 .. they do not yet exist with specificity. It is obvious to me 4.09 official is a work in progress.
"I assumed that was the reason for this thread , to provide a mechanism for communications from Daedelus."
Why that assumption ? .. this thread was not started by Daidalos Team
"I'll wait for the official announcements before considering 4.09 or any of its content a legitimate product."
Good for you Eries, patience is a virtue
My logic comes to different "assumptions" however
I consider what Oleg and Martin say in the interview to be "official", and read carefully, there is no contradiction between the interview and what has been said elsewhere by Daidalos Team, only clarification of misreading of the interview. For instance, I misread that the recon triggers would be included in 4.09 release, however with careful reading, that is not what was said.
I have worked with software as well, if something is "beta" and it is being worked on to become "final" .. it is still "beta" .. I don't understand why you think Daidalos Team would be starting over again at "Alpha", nor why they would follow a naming convention of release that I have only seen Microsoft use. And even then, 4.09 is an update to existing, fully legitimate and finished product.
Regardless, it is an unexpected and happy surprize to IL-2 1946 customers that 4.09 will be finished, and other good features may be added to the game.
Daidalos Team is under no obligation to answer anyone's questions here or elsewhere, that they might do so, is a courtesy I thank them for.