I think it makes sense to plan on cutting the branch later given when 4.1 actually released. I would suggest either August or September as a good time to cut the branch, at the end of the summer.
-Jeremiah > On Feb 28, 2023, at 7:42 AM, Benjamin Lerer <ble...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > We forked the 4.0 and 4.1 branches beginning of May. Unfortunately, for 4.1 > we were only able to release GA in December which impacted how much time we > could spend focussing on the next release and the progress that we could do. > By consequence, I am wondering if it makes sense for us to branch 5.0 in May > or if we should postpone that date. > > What is your opinion? > > Benjamin
