Master branch update before General Availability?

[robfico]

Will the git master branch be updated before GA (a la a merchant RC update), or will it coincide with the GA release date?

[akent99]

I need to check with the Engineering team on the exact sequencing. They are busily burning down bugs from testing just now, closing out the last things. I think it depends partly on when all the bugs are done to our satisfaction, and how long before GA that is. For example, do we shoot for release candidates first?  I will check for latest news.

[akent99 · Accepted solution]

Latest news - yes, planning to do a release candidate "Real Soon Now". A week or two is likely. This will also help us rehearse things like more official patch processes.

Does this address your question? Or is there something still missing you need?

[robfico]

Excellent. Thanks! We've got a number of master and develop installs, but we were interested in trying a few test upgrades from Merchant Beta to another official master branch to make sure the process works as we'd expect. We have a number of cutting edge clients building out already in the M2 Beta, so we wanted to test upgrades to the next master branch.