If I'm not mistaken, the TIP 35 has been approved (or should have been). Isn't this the two yes and no no. Gosh, I can't remember these TIP rules...
Anyway, I second Jeff in saying that the OCT has been in the meetings in favour of a manual upgrade from 4.6.3 to 5.0 to get the release and not treat the non existance of an automatic upgrade as a blocker for release.