ossf / ossf/security-baseline

"When the project has made a release" is confusing

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Since Nov 17, 2025.

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Description

Does it mean "if there has ever been a release do X" or "for every release do X"? For some controls the former makes sense (e.g. OSPS-SA-03.02) while for other controls the latter makes sense (e.g. OSPS-QA-02.02) to me.

If it's the former, what's the point? Why would I follow this checklist for a project that will never be released? If the release hasn't happened yet, of course I won't do release-related tasks until there is a release.

This problem is very similar to https://github.com/ossf/security-baseline/issues/398

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