Hi, Per our earlier discussion, http://s.apache.org/0Y I am planning on spinning up an RC this week. If you want something in the RC, please ensure it's committed by Thursday 12PM CST.
There are three JIRA's currently marked as Blockers: http://s.apache.org/Yzx I will look at them individually to verify, but as the last release went with them open and no progress has been made since the last release, my belief is that the items would be more correctly labeled Critical. Brock
