Hi I've changed the version number and got rid of the DISCLAIMER files. I'm looking at the getting the distribution build working, checking LICENSE/NOTICE and dependency versions before cutting an RC0 for us to look at. If people want to help out with this pre-RC0 release prep then feel free and just go ahead. If you want to fix functional issues with the release, e.g. a good indicator is if you are going to make the same change to trunk, can you also raise a JIRA against 1.3 to cover the change so I can see what's being fixed.
Thanks Simon