Re: Perl 5.45.x release schedule

On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 11:20=E2=80=AFAM Paul "LeoNerd" Evans
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Technically a decision for PSC but I'll collect ideas from here: I'm
> considering what the release schedule should look like for the 5.45.x
> releases going into 5.46.
>
> I think it's uncontentious to say that we slipped the timeline for 5.44
> due to a number of factors, and would like to get back to "target May
> 20th" time for the 5.46 release. With that in mind, I think we have a
> choice of two options to make:
>
>   Option 1) Perform the usual one-per-month bleadpoint releases, but do
>             one fewer of them this time to line up with that date
>
>   Option 2) Perform the same number of bleadpoint releases, but at a
>             slightly faster rate (at least, initially), so we can fit
>             them in shorter time
>
>             In particular for this, I think if we did the next four
>             releases at about 3-week intervals instead of our usual
>             monthly cycle, we'd get 5.45.6 back out on track thereafter.
>

I see little reason we need to maintain the same number of releases.
And changing the frequency of releases makes scheduling less clear.
We've had delays of the final stable release before, and have always
just maintained the traditional monthly releases.