[META] What's a RC? was: [sldev] Roadmap: 1.19.0 Viewer

[Joshua Bell]

Mike Monkowski wrote:
> Joshua Bell wrote:
>> There are humans in the triage loop, and yes, we may say "you know 
>> what, that change is low risk and high impact, and we'd prefer to 
>> have it out in the RC and next release, and not wait another month 
>> for the next go-round of the cycle".
>
> So maybe I missed something.  Will we see 1.18.6 RC4 followed by 
> 1.19.0 Release (mandatory update)?  Or will we see 1.18.6 RC4 followed 
> by 1.18.6 Release (optional update) then 1.19.0 RC1, 1.19.0 RC2, ... 
> 1.19.0 Release (mandatory update)?  Your earlier message implied the 
> former, but now is sounds more like the latter.
The latter, with a slight tweak:

1.18.6 RC4 ...(hopefully no RC5 but who knows)... 1.18.6 Release 
(optional update) then 1.19.0 RC1, 1.19.0 RC2, ... 1.19.0 Release 
(optional update) ... 1.19.0 Release (mandatory update)

(i.e. even 1.19 will be "optional" for a while).

My apologies for any confusion caused by the earlier mail. Talking about 
multiple releases simultaneously (without pretty pictures) is always 
troublesome. Keep the questions coming!