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Kyle Jones writes:

> Steven L. Baur writes:
>> I'm not sure it's feasible to get releases more frequent than two
>> months apart, but I do not intend to let any of the early 20.x's sit
>> for very long until we get more code tested and stabilized.  If we get
>> up to 20.6 by year-end, so be it.

> What is the sticking point?  Why is doing a release so hard?

The biggest sticking point is putting together all the binary
distributions.

> I'm talking about source code releases, not the full rock-n-roll
> releases with all the binaries.

We could do that.  Source code releases are relatively easy.  How
often do you wish to have the early 20.x releases?
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