> Is there any reason why it would not to create a release branch now
> for any pre-release changes and then intergrate these changes with
> the head ? - I would feel a little uneasy myself about intergrating
> them for the (presumably just arround the corner) release.

I would vote for releasing JayBird now (multithread-safety would then
go into next release). If this is not possible, I would create a
release branch, so we can continue our work.

David? Blas? Any comments?

Best regards,
Roman