launchpad milestones only for releases not rcs?

[Robert Collins]

On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 20:48 -0500, John Arbash Meinel wrote:
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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.
> > 
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> 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.

I find we often want to say 'use rcX' or 'use release'.

Doing it in the bug comments is ok, but I'm not sure its easier.

-Rob
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