+1 Marco
> > Today is the day we have discussed for a while! A lot of improvements > and fixes have gone in over the last few weeks, but it is important to > remember that the release branch is primarily time-based and is a > "line in the sand" as it were to begin the effort of stabilizing a > specific code base so that end-users who want stability over features > have that option. Some things make it in, and other things don't make > it, and that is true no matter when we draw the line (but we don't > want to delay it forever). What we have in place it a HUGE improvement > over the release4.0 branch, and that is the most important point to > keep in mind. > > Along with that there is a planned press release coordinated with the > Apache Software Foundation Public Relations Committee (that's a > mouthful! no wonder we use acronyms like: ASF PRC) for tomorrow > morning (Wed 15 April). > > That said, the target date/time for the release branch is later > tonight (and when I say tonight I mean according to USA time, just to > clarify). To follow the date pattern we have discussed and make it > clearly a date I'm thinking of the actual name for the branch > directory to be "release200904" (and please feel free to comment on > that if you think something else is better). > > However, that I will only do that IFF we have a positive vote for the > release, hence this message! > > Please vote: > > [+1] Create the release branch tonight, April 14th (it will be April > 15th for GMT-0) > [+0] Abstain > [-1] Do not create the release branch tonight > > Please remember that everyone is free to (and encouraged to!) vote, > but only the PMC votes are binding. > > Thanks to everyone who has made this possible with amazing > contributions over the last 2 years, and a heightened activity in > recent weeks and months to make this a spectacular release. > > -David > >
