I've got everything in a state for a new release; its ongoing. I'm also in the process of updating the release process docs in the svn-managed site docs. the file site/trunk/content/developing/releasing.md is the not-yet-complete doc of the new process; I've moved the old one to the side at site/trunk/content/developing/releasing_process_v1.md
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