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1. Release notes generated from Jira are incomplete/inaccurate
2. Release note text files are included in the artifacts, so can only contain things which are known in advanced
3. Releases shouldn't be scheduled right before the holiday break
4. Trunk was closed for a long time
5. Was difficult to know what the status of the release was due to Jira inaccuracies
6. Lack of clear documentation about release artifacts
7. Lack of interest in fixing problems with some artifacts
8. Many java commits unreviewed: jiras randomly set to resolved, sat in in-progress for ages etc.
9. Addition of GPL library as dependency
10. branching and tagging conventions are inconsistent across releases
11. windows build files require manual updates was a problem

MM stuff added:

1. We should be time boxed or scope bound
2. Test profiles needs to be ok against defined set before RC spun (inc TCK)
3. System testing & smoke testing (cross-platform) needs to be defined and signed up too/off before RC vote
4. Criteria should be defined for RC sign off thus making the signing off more useful for the RM
5. JIRAs for a release should be scoped in as work starts on the task, scoped out as they get dropped