[Development] Proposal to adjust release candidate process

[Thiago Macieira]

Em sexta-feira, 23 de dezembro de 2016, às 13:27:30 BRST, Simon Hausmann 
escreveu:
> I find that the branch is relevant in this context, as it relates to the
> amount of patches going in. The amount of patches going in is IMO related
> to the probably of introducing regressions. The process around the release
> branch, as opposed to the "minor branch", as proven to be a useful
> mechanism for reducing the churn and making people ask themselves: Do I
> really want this change in this release or can it wait?
> 
> So from what I think is one metric of quality (not the only one of course),
> the naming of release candidate is more meaningful.

How about this, then? We release beta2 from the 5.n branch right before the 
5.n.0 branch is created (or finally branches off). It accomplishes the same 
thing that Tuukka wanted: a release containing the code that is in the 5.n.0 
branch at the moment it is created, not a few weeks after with some round of 
work.

And I really mean "the code that is in the 5.n.0 branch". Since the two 
branches at the same at that point, it's only a semantic difference which one 
we created the beta2 release from.

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