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+> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+> For 1.9 Features: set Milestone to `1.9` and Base Branch to `release-1.9`
+> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 > NOTE: Please check the “Allow edits from maintainers” box (see image below) to
 > [allow reviewers to fix problems](https://help.github.com/articles/allowing-changes-to-a-pull-request-branch-created-from-a-fork/) on your patch and speed up the review process.
 >