So overall, I'd like to try to get a first RC ready for review by everyone by Wednesday (May 29th) next week - I get home very late Wednesday night this week, but have a bunch of work to deal with for the rest of the week, so the additional time would be handy.
After we get a first RC, we (the project and our mentors) should review everything for a couple days, with the goal of getting the for-realz RC up for an official vote by the PPMC (us) and IPMC (the incubator PMC) by end of day on that Friday, May 31st. With the standard 72 hour (excluding weekends) voting window, that'll give us a shot at having an official ASF release of 1.6.1-incubating done by end of day the following Wednesday, June 5th. But odds are that there'll be flaws in the RC we submit to the IPMC that'll need correcting, with some iteration/new votes, etc. That's why I'm targeting Friday May 31st for the start of the vote - that gives me an extra 48 hours over the weekend to deal with nitpicking. =) How does that sound to everyone? I know it's not quite as fast as we might like, but I'd rather be safe than sorry, and I want to make sure I have the time to do this release properly *and* document the hell out of everything so that, say, Andrew Philips can handle the next one without needing me to do much of anything. =) A.
