Hi :)
+1
That is a +1 to all points. I think gold or blue or the orange suggested
rather than red but that is a minor issue.
I think that you might even get MORE people keen to test the new branch earlier
in it's cycle because people often like to be ahead and it would make them less
shy
I think calling the 3.5.xprevious branch - i.e. 3.5.4 through 3.5.7 -
the conservative branch and the current versions of the 3.6.x
branch/line the cutting edge branch.
That gets rid of any more stable or other terminology that might be
seen as a negative image for either branch/line.
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