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For version 5 and future releases, I would like to avoid pushing too
many last minute changes and would prefer to go ahead with a release in
January rather than delay. We've delayed in the past and ended up
trying to fix everything. I think that's because when we announce a
release is coming, everyone chimes in with their favorite bugs and
feature requests and we end up trying to add a lot of new features and
make everything perfect all in a rush. Making a lot of changes a the
last minute is stressful and time consuming. We make mistakes. Then we
delay more because of more bug reports coming in and end up making
releases after 18-24 months instead of ~12. By making yearly major
releases with bug fixing releases following 2-4 months later, I hope to
make this a smoother and less traumatic process.