With this in mind and with the suggestion from Brennan, the branch would be "releases/9.0.0"
There there would be tags on the branch to differentiate 9.0.1 from 9.0.2? and from release candidates?
So would the branch name releases/9.0 still be OK? The tags on the branch would pick up the 3rd digit? I don't really care and I am trying to leave the decisions in the hands of the people doing the work. No need for bossy spectators; no need for spectators period. But I thought I should mention that.
Greg