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proud-dentist-22844
09/09/2022, 5:52 PMAfter a version has branched off of main, typically how many alphas+rcs before the .0 release? I’m looking forward to 2.14 with
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enough-analyst-54434
09/09/2022, 5:59 PMThere's what we say, but best is to see what we do: https://pypi.org/project/pantsbuild.pants/#history
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proud-dentist-22844
09/09/2022, 5:59 PMlol. makes sense
proud-dentist-22844
09/09/2022, 6:03 PMlooks like about 1-2 alphas and 4-5 rcs.
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witty-crayon-22786
09/09/2022, 9:36 PMi will likely do a first
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witty-crayon-22786
09/09/2022, 9:36 PMalphas are a new concept, but the choice between
arcwitty-crayon-22786
09/09/2022, 9:37 PMi.e., if a feature (rather than a bugfix) just misses the boat and someone makes a case for picking it, we might do additional
arcwitty-crayon-22786
09/09/2022, 9:40 PMbut yea, “number of rcs” is mostly dependent on
1. how many folks are testing
2. how unstable new features are
witty-crayon-22786
09/09/2022, 9:40 PMthere aren’t really any particularly risky features in 2.14, so it will likely be a bit quicker.
witty-crayon-22786
09/09/2022, 10:24 PMrelatedly: some release related changes are reviewable:
• https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16808
• https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16815
• https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16816
…when anyone gets the chance.
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proud-dentist-22844
09/09/2022, 11:24 PMthere aren’t really any particularly risky features in 2.14, so it will likely be a bit quicker.Sweet! That’s good news.