So we just released rc2. The proposed schedule has rc3 next Tuesday, with final release the Tuesday after.
My thought is that we should aim for rc3 to add only a fairly small number of focussed and "safe" bugfixes, with the intention of making the final release be the same as rc3 if no showstopper bugs are discovered. If there are any showstoppers in rc3 we have a week to fix them and roll and test an rc4. Does it seem to other people like we're on track for that? I don't do the level of testing that I think Anthony had access to, so I'm reliant on those of you doing testing of the rc tarballs to report problems... thanks -- PMM