Mojang has announced the Minecraft 1.3 update will be released on August 2nd.
What does all this mean to you?
First and foremost there will be plenty of changes to the game, and in particular map generation. Players were given an opportunity to vote to replace the current map with a completely new map for 1.3. The votes are in, and votes for a new 1.3 map have won.
As an added note, since the Bukkit team says they will most likely not have a version of their server out in time for the update, we will be running a temporary world until the server, and enough plugins are up to date to allow for a final 1.3 world. The creative world should not experience any changes in this transition.
Get ready for this exciting change!