So, if I add a milestone to a PR, is that saying that it will need to be cherry-picked back to that version? I would love to see this one included in 2.16.x, so I added the

needs-cherrypick

label and the

2.16.x

milestone. Is that the right way to do that? Is this a good candidate for getting into 2.16.x? https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18619

That is the right way to do that. But you should also send the cherry-pick PR!