Hyrum K. Wright wrote on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 at 10:41 -0500: > The counter-argument, of course, is that we set the deadline not at > the time of tag, but at the time of when the last merge can be > performed. While possible, we may lack the discipline to *not* > include a fix which receives its third vote shortly after this > deadline, and for which there is significant community momentum. We > could make exceptions, but once that happens, it's a slippery slope > back to where we are today.
To avoid this, perhaps we could make the policy to delay the tag until 24 hours after the merge of the fix-included-by-exception.