http://download.eclipse.org/releases/staging/

As I am sure you all know, this is our final aggregation build for Luna, 
unless a blocking issue is found. 

I always like to emphasize, that, at this point, a "blocking issue" that 
would lead to a re-spin has to be more than a typical "bad problem" for a 
one project ... but more along the lines of something that "destroys all 
data in a project or workspace" or "prevents installs or updates of other 
projects from occurring" or that sort of thing. If you do find a bad bug 
that effects just  your project's function, I encourage you to a) look for 
and document "work arounds" and/or b) prepare a "project level patch" that 
you could make available by the time we release, so users can take 
advantage of it immediately after they install the release. This is purely 
for stability reasons ... that is, it is often better to "ship" with a 
known bad bug, than to risk fixing one bug and exposing something even 
worse (which would be hard to find in time, since by then little time left 
for testing). And just so I don't seem negative ALL the time ... if you 
sincerely believe you found a bug that really would be bad for the 
reputation of Eclipse as a whole, or something, discuss with your project 
and PMC and other Eclipse leaders and if they all believe it worth 
mentioning here on cross-project list, then please do. Even if the answer 
is "no, no re-build", it doesn't hurt to keep everyone informed. 

Also important for you to know, this "staging" repo is NOT moved to 
.../releases/luna on Friday, like we normally do, since that is Friday the 
13th [JUST KIDDING!]. The real reason it just stays on staging is that 
would essentially be "pre-releasing" the whole train. Instead we always 
have a "quiet week" for final preparations, final adopter testing and 
builds, etc., and then formally release it (make visible) on the long 
scheduled date of Wednesday, June 25th. 

I will be sending out a "what to do during quiet week" note in the next 
day or two (some version of "Kepler Final Daze" document, updated for 
Luna). 

Let us know if questions or issues, by posting here to this cross-project 
list. 

And my personal thanks for those final pushes for improvements in "repo 
reports" -- no missing "about" files, good improvements in unsigned 
bundles, and some improvement in making feature licenses (SUA's) current. 
We'll continue to work towards perfection for SR1 and Mars! 

Much thanks to you all, 

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