I am still holding out hope that we will get 3.0 before the end of the year
ok 2.6 is not on PTU yet but I dont think 2.6 and 3.0 are that closely related and that CIG are working on the both separately
2.6 is all mainly about getting the FPS bit shorted while 3.0 is about increasing the size of the map

ps is "increasing the size of the map" to much of an understatement for adding planets?