Hmmm,

"[The] goal of this release should be a quick turnaround that fixes topcrashes and bugs we almost held ship for,"

Reminds me of a garage I once worked for. They would ship vehicles that had PDI faults, knowing that they would come back to be fixed, but at least they delivered on time

The project manager's mantra is:

On Time
To Budget
To Quality

Guess they fell on the third?