Re: Post 5.44 release plans: `defer-next-dev`

On Mon, 6 Jul 2026 18:00:15 +0100
"Paul \"LeoNerd\" Evans" <[email protected]> wrote:

> We have, at time of writing, 74 issues and PRs labelled
> "defer-next-dev". That's a great number larger than during any
> previous release. Previously we just bumped through them all after
> the real release once `blead` was open again for development work,
> but I feel that this time it may require a bit more co=C3=B6rdination to
> ensure we don't get too many merge conflicts and allsorts.

Also on this note I think this situation is not something I'd want us
to get into every year.

I think it's bordering on ludicrous that we stop accepting any new
development work in February, and it's now July and we're still not
done. That's now 5 months out of the 12 in the year - almost half of
the time.

We need to find a better way around this.

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Paul "LeoNerd" Evans

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