Back up. Nothing is a release, not even an alpha, without 3 +1's.
Until it's voted as a release, even as alpha, it's simply a tarball.
Nobody can declare any release without 3 +1's and it's been that way for about 7 years.
No. That's not the case with unstable versions ("version numbers are cheap"). We operated under these rules - immediately going to alpha at RM's discretion - until we went to GA for 2.0. I swear I'm not making these rules up.
I'm fine if you want to propose new rules, but releasing as alpha immediately after a tarball/tag is created *is* what we did before... -- justin
