What is a release candidate and what are some of its featuresA release candidate is a milestone which is achieved after a zero bug bounce. Some of their features are: a. A release candidate has all the components it needs to go into production.
b. Building a release candidate tests it for fitness for release.
c. Testing release candidates flushes out showstoppers or fatal errors.
d. Test period following the release of a candidate determines if the release candidate is ready for release into production or development team needs to prepare another release candidate with bug fixes.
d. Testing release candidates is done internally and needs focused and intensive amount of effort.
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