In reply to Jay Syder.

Adding a core widget isn't major functionality and if it's deemed core ready, it will be added in either a point release or a major release. At this point, there is no confirmed or set time on when 4.8 will be released so if it's a small feature and ready, it will be pushed out in a minor release. And, minor releases as we know are updated automatically.

As for the RC stages for point releases, I don't have an answer on that but it would be nice to see at least one RC release, especially if it doesn't have security patches and adds features.