Debian releases - do not freeze, rather do a RC

Dear Debian,

OS ideology says - release early, release often.

Instead of doing "the freeze" I would go for RC releases. IMHO this would simplify the process a lot:

• in sync with the release practice of most of the OSS out there
• "testing" will not be blocked
• no need to do complicated things, like blocking package migrations, submission of new packages, etc.
• ...

Then, when you feel you're in a state for a new stable release just "name it".

A temporary intermediate version can be introduced:

• experimental
• unstable
• testing
• RC
• stable
• oldstable
• ...