Derby 10.8.3 release

[Katherine Marsden <km...@sbcglobal.net>]

Hello Derby Developers,

I would like to release manage a 10.8 maintenance release, Derby 
10.8.3.   I put proposed dates at:
http://wiki.apache.org/db-derby/DerbyTenEightThreeRelease

This would give us a bit more than a month of focused bug fixing before 
the release candidate October 22 and then hopefully get the release out 
November 5, well before the holidays begin.   Does that sound agreeable 
to everyone?

We already have 64 fixes in 10.8 since 10.8.2 but it would be great to 
really focus on bugfixing over the next month to get even more. The bug 
fixing effort can also benefit a 10.9 maintenance release hopefully 
shortly there after if we get a release manager volunteer.   I am going 
to announce some sort of contest involving chocolate for our most 
valuable bug fixer, details TBA.

To help prioritize for bug fixing I set up a DerbyTenTenBugTriage page 
so we can get at least the untriaged bugs triaged and identify any new 
high value fix candidates for the release.   This is at: 
http://wiki.apache.org/db-derby/DerbyTenTenBugTriage.  Please pick up a 
a block of bugs to triage and make sure you add ones you think would be 
valuable fixes for the release to the high  value fix candidates list.


Happy Fixing !

Kathey