I also would like to see more stable releases. Updating on every Nightly Build is just no real option.
Also looking through the nightly builds changelogs, I wonder what is all part of the SDK. Somehow I wonder, if this project is really well organized. Regularly, there are plugins listed in the changelogs. Why? Are plugins part of the IDE? Are they part of the SDK?
Why not release the IDE? Users can work with it, get acquainted, maybe you get more feedback then too. I don't think, the users of the IDE would much care about the SDK first. Also, releasing the SDK more often, developers could write plugins with a rather fixed API. If there would be an API break, release another one (but not on as nightly builds). I don't think a plugin developer wants to update its SDK every night.
And for all that guys who run for nightly builds, you can still provide them, but a rather fixed release cycle would be good too.
Maybe you should also take a look on Eclipse CDT, which uses a similar approach.
I also must say, that some statements about being an 'open source project and to help' or 'it just takes 2 minutes to download and install' or 'Windows is alpha/beta', just piss me off and make me try to avoid such projects. This makes me think, these people don't work in real software development area. They have no clue what it takes to:
a) trying to get into a software in order to contribute
b) never released real life software in the industry
c) have no clue on, what is allowed to use in software industry (may it be PC software or maybe something like embedded software used in industry or automotive which must be "safe" to use)
d) some here might not have that superduper 16MBit DSL connection, but only Modem/ISDN/GPRS. Then its not just 2 minutes download. Or if you do not have a flat rate but rather an Volume-rate.
Also, not every software engineer is keen in all areas. E.g. someone working on embedded devices might not have written GUI apps for years. So its hard for them to contribute to something like CodeBlocks. And to call them brain damaged, a dumb ass who does not contribute, can just come out off the mouth of a similar dumb ass.
Still want to express my regards to the developers for the good work done so far.