In reply to mark k..

Agreed. This is directly related to the "WordPress 5.0 won't ship until Gutenberg" directive. There is absolutely no reason Gutenburg couldn't have shipped with 5.1 or 5.2. Since 5.0 has been delayed, we're now seeing larger features being rolled out in minor releases. For what? So we can have a 5.0 label along with Gutenberg? Makes no sense at all. Are we really making technical decisions based on marketing benefits?