> 4. During an RC vote, new blockers may still be raised if they are confirmed 
> regressions.

I will take issue with this if it is interpreted as "if and only if
they are confirmed regressions." Sufficiently significant issues
should always be capable of blocking a release regardless of whether
or not they are strictly regressions. Of course, there are judgements
to be made as to whether an issue is "sufficiently significant" and
therefore is actually a blocker. An issue being a regression is one
good indication that it is a blocker, but it is not the only one, and
an issue not being a regression should not always exclude it from
being a blocker. For example, if a significant security issue is
discovered during a release process, that release train should halt
until we have a fix for the issue or some other compromise has been
thoroughly discussed and voted on. Similarly, other claimed blockers
should get at least some acknowledgement, discussion and evaluation,
not just a curt dismissal along the lines of "it's not a regression,
therefore we are moving on."

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