According a post made by dev 7 hours ago.
Quote Ben from the Maidsafe Team.
"If I was to summarize the state of Testnet 2 today then, excepting Public Messaging which has been delayed, all parts of Testnet 2 are in the finishing stage, but have to now be bolted together.
Will be make it by 31 dec? We'll do our best."
Unquote.
interesting, thanks for posting!