launchpad milestones only for releases not rcs?

[John Arbash Meinel]

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Martin Pool wrote:
> I was just wondering if there is much point having Launchpad
> milestones (as bug targetting points) for release candidates as
> opposed to the actual release.  If we're trying to fix something for
> 1.14 then we'll be trying to get it in the rc, and if it misses rc1
> we'll be trying for rc2 or the final release.  Having a shorter list
> is simpler.
> 
> There is the point that milestones have target dates, and if there is
> only one for a release when would we put it?  On the other hand I
> don't think we refer to the dates in Launchpad very often.
> 

I don't see a big advantage to having 1.15rc1, other than right during
the release process, when you can say "yes, that bug is in rc1, but it
is has been fixed for -final". I'm okay with doing that in the bug
comments, though.

John
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