As a consumer, I much prefer shorter release cycles.

Gutenberg 4.7 was released December 13.

But due to WordPress' long release cycles, we are still using Gutenberg 4.7 in WordPress 5.1, despite that Gutenberg has since released 4.8, 4.9, 5.0, and 5.1.

In fact, Gutenberg won't be updated in WordPress Core until WordPress 5.2, which doesn't ship until April 30. By that time, Gutenberg will be at approx 5.5 - but again, WordPress will be shipping something more like 5.2.

Shortening the release cycle can only be helpful!