Hi, I'll also point out that what is currently being looked at it identical to RC0 that I called a vote on a week ago, so there would be no need to cancel that vote and call another one.
There's only been one change made to the release branch which was an addition of a MD5 check by Alex and IMO probably should be been checked into develop not the release branch but not really an issue either way. I do see this as a bigger issue on more complex releases if we go down the "noRC" path, releases only require 3 +1 and more +1 than -1, in a discussion it can be hard to know if someone considers something a minor/major or blocker issues unless they state what their voting intention would be. Without RCs/vote threads the discussion could conceivably go on for a long time without any clear consensus if a vote should even be called or not, prolonging the voting process and costing more time for everyone involved. Thanks, Justin