I'll do the release notes.
Alan Conway wrote:
I don't think I'll have time to deal with the remaining C++ closedown issues for M2. Is anyone else able to take it? The list is: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&&pid=12310520&component=12311395&component=12311396&fixfor=12312116&resolution=-1&sorter/field=issuekey&sorter/order=DESC