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Unfortunately > I am on vacation for two weeks in the middle of July (11-22) so > either: > > 1. Someone else volunteers to make the 2.39 release. > > 2. I create the branch early (eg Saturday June 25) but then > release late (eg Saturday July 30) and the global maintainers > get to approve patches for the branch. > > This does not give much time for people to get new features > into the sources before the branch is cut... > > 3. I create the branch in a couple of week's time (eg Fri Jul 8) > and then release early in August (eg Sat Aug 6) and again I > ask the global maintainers for help in approving patches for > the branch. Fwiw my preference would be 3. Jan