Hi, IMO there a big gap between what minimally required for a valid release and what is a good release. A lot of Apache knowledge is not codified into rules or even guidelines. Please don't be put off testing a release, you certainly don't have to do everything I put on that list (and there's a few things I missed). The currently process sort of assumes that if enough people look at it and test it in different ways then most things will be caught most of the time. IMO reducing that to a simple script that only checks a few things means we'll miss stuff. I agree it's a useful tool, but it doesn't replace due diligence when voting on a release.
Thanks, Justin
