From Macrumors:
Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 GM Candidate Build
Friday October 12, 2007 01:49 PM EST
Posted by arn
Apple had expected to declare their upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard GoldMaster this week. "Gold Master" status is given the final shippingversion of the software which is sent to duplicators for distribution.
Based on our sources, Apple had not quite reached that goal, but todayreleased an internal "GM candidate build" which could represent thefinal version of Mac OS X Leopard, if no other issues are found.
Apple has been working against the clock to get Leopard duplicated and shipped for an October release. October 26th has been noted to be planned ship date, and Apple has already been training support staff in anticipation of its release.