Re: Perl 5.45.x release schedule

[email protected] (Karen Etheridge) Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:47:06 -0700
Newsgroups perl.perl5.porters
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On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 2:21=E2=80=AFAM Paul "LeoNerd" Evans <leonerd@leone=
rd.org.uk>
wrote:

> On a semi-related note: We're in need of volunteers to do these
> releases, on whatever schedule we eventually pick. I've already started
> the ball rolling with a 5.45.1 not even a week after the 5.44.0 release
> (because we had a huge stack of PRs to roll in), so depending on our
> decision above we could be looking at a 5.45.2 anywhere from August
> 13th to August 20th.
>

I volunteer myself for tribute.  I'm fine with one or two later in the
cycle, to free up earlier slots for newbies.

I also support the idea of keeping the usual monthly-on-the-20th cycle, and
having fewer releases to get the stable release back to May.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 2:21=E2=80=AFAM Paul =
&quot;LeoNerd&quot; Evans &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">leo=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
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On a semi-related note: We&#39;re in need of volunteers to do these<br>
releases, on whatever schedule we eventually pick. I&#39;ve already started=
<br>
the ball rolling with a 5.45.1 not even a week after the 5.44.0 release<br>
(because we had a huge stack of PRs to roll in), so depending on our<br>
decision above we could be looking at a 5.45.2 anywhere from August<br>
13th to August 20th.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I volunteer myself=
 for tribute.=C2=A0 I&#39;m fine with one or two later in the cycle, to fre=
e up earlier slots for newbies.</div><div><br></div><div>I also support the=
 idea of keeping the usual monthly-on-the-20th cycle, and having fewer rele=
ases to get the stable release back to May.</div></div></div>

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