On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 09:20:33AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Should we consider pushing back the release to the week after > > Thanksgiving, say on 2023-11-27? This cycle is already somewhat long so > > we could move the release up to 2023-11-13, but I think it would be > > nice to have folks around in case of any brown paper-bag fixes. > > I am not sure how it would help to place the release day immediately > after the off-week everybody has stayed off the keyboard, though. I > would prefer to see fully working weeks during the pre-release > period so that people can work on last minute regression fixes, so I > hoped it would work much better to release before the holiday week > begins, rather than after it ends. Perhaps then we should shorten this cycle by a week and plan to cut the release on 2023-11-13. That gives us a full working week to catch any bugs, and gives everybody a nice break before starting on 2.44. Thoughts? Thanks, Taylor