> 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
