Fixing the read-me and the fixing the release date, hopefully for the final time :-)

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/synapse/branches/2.0@1052249 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
diff --git a/modules/distribution/src/main/release/docs/release_notes.txt b/modules/distribution/src/main/release/docs/release_notes.txt
index 3bc1a19..75ba4bc 100644
--- a/modules/distribution/src/main/release/docs/release_notes.txt
+++ b/modules/distribution/src/main/release/docs/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-Apache Synapse Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) - 1.2 Release Notes - June 2008
+Apache Synapse Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) - 2.0.0 Release Notes - December 2010
 
 1. Overview
     The Apache Synapse ESB is a robust, lightweight and highly scalable and distributed
-    Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). It supports SOAP Web services as well as Legacy services over
-    transports such as JMS, Apache VFS File systems, Mail etc, and SOAP, REST/POX, plain text
-    and binary message payloads. (Please see http://synapse.apache.org for more details)
+    open source Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). It supports SOAP Web services as well as Legacy
+    services over transports such as JMS, Apache VFS File systems, Mail etc, and SOAP, REST/POX,
+    plain text and binary message payloads. (Please see http://synapse.apache.org for more details)
 
     Apache Synapse graduated from the Apache Incubator on the 2nd of January 2007, and the first
     Synapse 1.0 was released on the 11th of June 2007. On the 20th of December 2007, Synapse was
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     Apache Synapse requires a J2SE runtime of version 1.5.x or later. Running the samples also
     requires Apache Ant 1.7.x or later. Although Synapse would run with a JDK > 1.5.x, the Script
     mediator may not properly function on these JDKs. Building Synapse from source requires
-    JDK 1.5.x, and Apache Maven 2.0.6 or later
+    JDK 1.5.x or later, and Apache Maven 2.1.0 or later
 
 3. Quick start
     Please see the docs/Synapse_Quickstart.html guide
@@ -65,6 +65,19 @@
         synapse-user mailing list by sending email to user-subscribe@synapse.apache.org
 
 10. New features
+    The 2.0.0 release
+        * New, fine-grained configuration model
+        * Hot deployment and hot update support for configuration artifacts
+        * Priority based mediation support
+        * Comprehensive eventing capabilities with WS-Eventing support
+        * Secure vault for encrypting passwords in configuration files
+        * File locking support in the VFS transport for concurrent polling
+        * URLRewrite medaitor for fast and simple URL rewriting
+        * Synapse configuration observer API
+        * Multiple identity support in the HTTPS transport
+        * Enhanced JMX monitoring support for the NHTTP transport
+        * Dead letter channel implementation (experimental)
+        * Synapse XAR Maven plugin for generating configuration artifacts
     The 1.2 release
         * Support for Hessian binary messages
         * FIX (Financial Information eXchange) protocol transport
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/download.xml b/src/site/xdoc/download.xml
index 27cd6c7..644d7e5 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/download.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/download.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 <section name="Releases">
 
     <p>The Apache Synapse team is proud to announce the availability of the 2.0.0 release on the
-        20th of December 2010. This release contains a lot of new features and fixes.
+        25th of December 2010 (Yes, the Christmas release :-)). This release contains a lot of new features and fixes.
     </p>
 
 <table class="bodyTable">
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/download_index.xml b/src/site/xdoc/download_index.xml
index f9139ae..93d259e 100755
--- a/src/site/xdoc/download_index.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/download_index.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 <section name="Apache Synapse - Downloads">
 
     <p>The Apache Synapse team is proud to announce the availability of the 2.0.0 release on the
-        20th of December 2010. As of December 2007, Apache Synapse has moved on to become a Top
+        25th of December 2010. As of December 2007, Apache Synapse has moved on to become a Top
         Level Project (TLP) of the Apache Software Foundation, moving out from Web Services project.
     </p>
 
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/history.xml b/src/site/xdoc/history.xml
index 1bb4af0..722121a 100755
--- a/src/site/xdoc/history.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/history.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 <section name="Previous version documentation">
 
     <p>The Apache Synapse team is proud to announce the availability of the 2.0.0 release on the
-        20th of December 2010. As of December 2007, Apache Synapse has moved on to become a Top
+        25th of December 2010. As of December 2007, Apache Synapse has moved on to become a Top
         Level Project (TLP) of the Apache Software Foundation, moving out from Web Services project.
     </p>