What about doing a "p" release? A preliminary if you will, then update that with the major/minor fixes that come in after the 1st 24/36/48 hours and that would be the final new integer release? You'd have the stability tests done and the biggest bugs squashed for a full release. Most mainstream people probably wouldn't d/l a "p" release if they knew(and were strongly suggested) a more stable one is only a day or so away. The majority of this group already uses SVN, do what we want, & report bugs anyway, we all wouldn't be here now if we were mainstream!
Just a thought...
Pessimist: Oh, this can't get any worse!
Optimist: Yes, it can!