Well, since everybody wants to know what is the big fuzz with the upcoming version 2.5.0, please check out this document:

http://ortus.svnrepository.com/coldbox/trac.cgi/wiki/cbWhatsNew2.50

It will give you a very nice introduction as of what is going on in ColdBox 2.5.0 and what you can expect. There are still a few surprises left for the full release, but that doc has almost all of it.