I'm MOTW this week. Here's my release thinking: • As usual: ◦ Dev releases (here's 2.26.0.dev9: https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/22114, please review when you have a chance) ◦ Check for cherry-picks and do RCs on

2.24.x

and

2.25.x

• Cut

2.26.x

branch, and switch main to 2.27 (now that we've released 2.25.0 stable, thanks @fast-nail-55400!): any objection/thoughts/requests?

Definitely time for 2.26.x,

dev9

is a lot of `dev`… 🙂

Can we merge this one before the cut? https://pantsbuild.slack.com/archives/C0D7TNJHL/p1742247051543269?thread_ts=1737752288.036519&cid=C0D7TNJHL Kubernetes alpha backend is practically unusable without it

Thanks for flagging (and thanks for reviewing & merging @proud-dentist-22844)!