Let’s have a 0.36 then. It will help the community to catch up with latest improvement and changes in master better than if it’s released as 1.0-pre1.
But, in order to move forward with a 1.0 release. I would say to also release in a very short time a 1.0-pre1 that will be mainly 0.36 + deprecation drops.
1.0-preX series could accept bug fixes and docs improvements. It should not accept brecking changes, further polishing or even new big features. Otherwise again, the last 0.x series will have too much delta with 1.0.
After 0.36 is released, master will remain as 1.0-preX until 1.0 is tagged. This will push a hold in features but is a way for all to focus on a common goal. Othewise, master would receive features that should land in 1.1 while 1.0 is not released and people will find that confusing (this happen around 0.25 IIRC)
Is this something that will work for everybody?