>My ideal here is to get to a point where there is something, whatever >it is, that we want to denote as a release. That something should not >require a whole bunch of coordination. There should be a working >branch, whatever we call it, ready for a tag and nothing else on any >arbitrary date to be considered a release. Does that make sense?
This is the goal we should have in mind for this discussion. So, agreed and yes, does make sense :) I would also prefer to stay away from cherry-picking as much as possible.