Oh cool! I got a mention on wptavern - yay! I hope my idea is implemented (Lynne Pope, btw - note the "e" ;) ) and would happily submit a patch for it. All that is needed to make it happen is for the WP core team to commit to using the WP-Announcements mailing list to announce new final releases and whether these include security enhancements or not.

Interesting about the trac voting - are you sure its really ignored?