Now that 1.8.1 has been wrapped up I plan on starting the release process for 1.7.3 this weekend.
I've been able to run the --test version of the release process and can get part of the way through the --create-release-candidate - I seem to get hung up with the publish to the staging server. I've chatted with Mike Wall and he gave me some pointers. More of a warning and apologies up front. This is my first attempt at creating a release, so expect the worst and hope for the best. Ed Coleman