signatures OK compare of svn tag with source-release: OK
issues-fixed - OK LICENSE / NOTICE : no change from prev. 2.9.0 release 3 new 3rd party components in bin distr, all already covered under Apache v2 license, no notices build from sources - OK. in unzipped binary: ran adjust example paths, and doc analyzer. looked at results in Java results viewer - OK install into newly-unzipped Eclipse Neon, and run component descriptor editor and jcasgen , using new built-in types - OK [X] +1 OK to release -Marshall
