preparing 2.6.1

[Julian Reschke]

Hi everybody,

With 2.4.4 on its way, I plan to start the release process for 2.6.1 
soonish.

The changes from 2.6 are listed over here: 
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12324035&styleName=Text&projectId=10591&Create=Create&atl_token=A5KQ-2QAV-T4JA-FDED|7a7ef725f07040a77243e520ec8e8c5a1f74f2a5|lout>

If somebody feels that something is missing over there, that something 
else needs to be backported, and can think of another problem for not 
cutting a release right now, please speak up.

Best regards, Julian