Major Description
Currently https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/jackrabbit/check-release.sh in step 6 executes
mvn clean verify -Ppedantic
for JR2 releases.
The profile "pedantic" does not include execution of ITs, only profile "integrationTesting" currently does (https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit/blob/17db76bdf6eedbd9a468604f90571dc83a6942c2/jackrabbit-parent/pom.xml#L131-L167).
So either the check should call Maven with an additional profile or pedantic should be extended to also execute m-failsafe-p.