Out of curiosity… does the x.x.x releases affect the timeline?

Let’s say they start working on 6.0 on January 27, 2022. Sometime on February there is a big security hole found…a new patch, 5.9.1 comes out on February 10. That security patch will have to be added to 6.0, right? Wouldn’t they have to pause work on 6.0 to add the 5.9.1. patch on it?

What if there is 5.9.1.1 or even 5.9.2?

Four months from January 25, 2022 is May 25, 2022. Four months after that is September 25, 2022.

Can the people working on WordPress handle that?

What about theme and plugin authors? What about people who translate WordPress into different languages? What about people who translate the website into different languages?

There is a lot of burn out in the community. Including WordCamps and local Meetups. I think it was in 2019, no WordCamp Toronto due to burnout. 2020 & 2021 nothing for obvious reasons.

Most of the WordPress Community is made up by volunteers. They have jobs, and other things in their lives.

I am going to repeat myself: QUALITY OVER QUANTITY.

I rather way for 6.0 than a couple of weeks later having to install 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3 and so forth