Hi Björn,
I agree ;) That's why i wrote the post.
Handling with beta releases is a hard job without these "traps".
I was trying to edit a poll and noticed, that it was not published. I thought "A feature? Maybe you cannot edit an open poll". Then i saw the "pending" status and tracked it down. I'm sure, that most users will not have knowledge about setting up cron-jobs, because for low-end setups, you won't need it.