I concur that reviewing #21377 is the best path at this time.

However, I want to draw attention to the middle road here:

If Core chooses to not release activation params (which has been discussed
as a general concept previously), #21377 can also be used to safely issue a
community release.

It's a false dichotomy between ST released by Core and a BIP8 UASF.
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On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 9:48 AM Michael Folkson via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> Hi Bitcoin Mechanic
>
> I will attend but I will be looking at Core PR #21377 over the next
> couple of days and I would encourage other reviewers to review that PR
> too. If that PR is merged into Core I would strongly recommend any
> alternative release be fully compatible with the activation parameters
> in Core.
>
> We can discuss in the meeting what we think the cut off date should be
> for when Core should no longer be a consideration. Personally I think
> (and hope) we will see progress on #21377 in the coming days.
>
> For the sake of the mailing list Bitcoin Mechanic has set up a meeting
> to discuss an alternative release to Core with Taproot activation
> code.
>
> Thanks
> Michael
>
> > Taproot activation meeting on IRC - Tuesday 13th April 19:00 UTC
>
> > The focus of the meeting will be ratifying the Taproot activation plan
> previously discussed at the March 16th meeting (aka 2021-03 Plan Y as
> summarized here):
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K3pmH09yXLTHGV3wqFZGR3ei7QVwtdEwo0PjI2NHD3w/edit#gid=0
>
> > While there was never any consensus reached on the LOT parameter, there
> appears to be consensus on BIP8 and the remaining parameters, and more than
> sufficient support for LOT=True to proceed safely.
>
> > Miners will have 18 months in which to signal and accelerate activation.
> If not, taproot will activate regardless.
>
> > With a majority of the economy running this it will guarantee eventual
> lock-in of taproot with the smallest chance of a chain split.
>
> > As a reminder, the channel is also open for ongoing discussion 24/7, and
> there is a web chat client here:
>
> > https://webchat.freenode.net/?channel=##taproot-activation
>
> > Best,
>
> > Bitcoin Mechanic
>
> > Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email.
>
>
> --
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