We released: 4.6.0 4.6.1 4.6.2 4.7.0 (4.7.1) (4.8.0) We _do_ release minor releases, and every month one with new features.
To be clear: Any branch (be it 4.5, 4.6, 4.7) can have as many minor releases as people want, until the end of time. Just step up and release it. Regards, Remi >We are not yet on 4.6, so we have downtime by upgrading the routers, we >have approx 120 VR, which take about ~ 5-10 minutes of downtime each. > >We are not agile in upgrading, we have freeze times and plan our >releases and test each release intensively (it saved our asses in the past). > >Every bigger software project in the world has agreed that providing >minor releases is good practice: > >- New features --> Major release >- Fixes --> Minor release > >The problem with new features are potentially new bugs (by nature): > >Now you are basically saying: > >- New features and fixes --> Major release only > >By definition, you will end up it a more unstable software because you >will only get fixes in cost of new features and potentially new bugs. I >don't call this stable. > >I do not see any benefit of the current release rush. > >René