You'll notice in the pre-release forum, there will be many development posts over the days and weeks, and it'll eventually culminate with a handful of RC posts. These are Release Candidates. They aren't going to always include everything from the development branches, because some features haven't been finished yet. For example the current focus might appear to be developing the new comping feature branch, but it has a way to go yet. There are many other things also being worked on, and bugs are being spotted and fixed, etc.
Once an RC candidate has been tested and then released, the development continues on with the development branches, until ready. They can take several months, or even get shelved and picked up further along down the road when it's time to work further on them. When the time is right.
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