Preparing for 1.0 release (rc1)

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/proxy/branches/proxy-1.0-work@629115 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index e69de29..ef95eb5 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+	     Apache Commons Proxy Package
+			    Version 1.0
+			   Release Notes
+
+
+INTRODUCTION:
+
+Apache Commons Proxy is a package of utility classes which facilitate the
+creation of dynamic proxies in Java.
+
+NOTES:
+
+*** This is the initial release ***
+
+
+FEEDBACK:
+
+Open source works best when you give feedback:
+http://commons.apache.org/proxy/
+
+Please direct all bug reports to JIRA
+http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROXY
+
+Or subscribe to the commons-user mailing list (please prefix email subject with [proxy])
+http://commons.apache.org/mail-lists.html
+
+The Commons-Proxy Team
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b72980d..30161b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <version>7</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>commons-proxy</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Commons Proxy</name>
     <description>Java library for dynamic proxying</description>
     <url>http://commons.apache.org/proxy/</url>