Well, no bugs were reported in the RC, and a few changes made and merged (emails and increments). So I went ahead and started the dry run. This is the making of the .tar.gz package that people will download to compile or make their binaries.
If you are a packager, please also make your package and upload to Savannah's 0.8.23 folder (
http://globulation2.org/wiki/Uploading_to_Savannah). I'll be making my Mandriva and Windows ones after this email.
Finally, when all packages are made, and no compiling bugs found, announcements will be sent out and alpha23 officially released :D