With the "two weeks" deadline of the April 27th approaching, the remaining blockers to creating a release candidate are:

* Remove non-critical path interface styles out of legacy feature into more appropriate homes: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T278576
* Zero Config Install of VE + Parsoid for MW 1.36: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261220

The above blockers will delay the release of 1.36.0-rc.0 and are the only blockers we are aware of at this time. No additional new features, deprecations, or non-bug-fixes will be included in the 1.36 release.

Once these issues are resolved (both issues are in-progress as far as I'm aware), rc.0 can be released, and the 1.36 release can resume.