## VPP RC2 Milestone Tasklist
1. At least one week prior to RC2 Milestone (adjust accordingly if the RC1->RC2 interval is shorter than this), send an email reminder to [email protected]. See [example email](https://lists.fd.io/g/vpp-dev/message/7827).

2. Resend the reminder a day or two before RC2.

3. [Lay down a tag](view/VPP/Pushing_and_Testing_a_Tag.md) (v18.01-rc2) on stable/1801 at HEAD.

4. Send an email to [email protected] and [email protected] announcing the completion of RC2. See [example email](https://lists.fd.io/g/vpp-dev/message/7861).

5. Continue to watch/merge patches in the VPP release throttle branch.