I think that We should not be releasing without following the Apache release guidelines.
In particular, 3 votes from the PMC are absolutely required to make a release. This is a universal requirement for all Apache projects and really isn't open for debate. If we are consistently having problems getting 3 PM votes, then we need to address that by adding active committers to the PMC, not by releasing software without the necessary process. Anybody think anything else on this topic?
