On 17/09/2019 17:35, Joseph Myers wrote: > On Tue, 17 Sep 2019, Richard Biener wrote: > >> If stage3 ends on Dec 31st then stage1 ends Oct 31st to have a two-month >> stage3. That's about two weeks earlier than in the past. > > I don't think the repository conversion should constrain the timing of the > end of stage 1 or stage 3; it should be OK to end stage 3 either before or > after the repository conversion if that proves convenient. >
It's not the repository conversion that's the problem; it's about not making it harder for folk to get things in before the end of the stage. So I don't mind slipping the switch-over back a few days, but I don't think we should pull it forwards unless that stage has already finished. Immediately after the end of stage 3 seemed to be the best time to do this while still giving plenty of time before we consider branching. R.
