Kernel release notes

mvn release:prepare -DdryRun=true

. . .

[ERROR] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Unable to check for local modifications
Provider message:
The svn command failed.
Command output:
svn: error: cannot set LC_ALL locale
svn: error: environment variable LANG is not set
svn: error: please check that your locale name is correct

Resolution (in .bash_profile)

#LOCALE
LC_ALL=C ; export LC_ALL
LANG=en_US ; export LANG