Re: To branch or not to branch

[Werner LEMBERG]

> There are two dimensions here: First, I personally think it doesn't
> make sense to create a stable branch from a random commit.  It
> doesn't have to be perfect, but it should fulfill some basic
> criteria of "stable".  This is best tested after a development
> release, which is what the original schedule planned for.  It also
> works best if no more breaking changes are merged, and we
> concentrate on fixing issues in well-localized changes...

Honestly, I think that your criteria for creating pre-release of 2.24
are too rigid.  As far as I can see, doing a 2.23.80 release *right
now* is the way to go.

I'm OK that MRs are declared by you as 'waiting'.


    Werner