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Contributors Summit – The Go Blog
- EddieRingle 9y agoTo make critical fixes to packages in the standard library, one must wait 6 months for a new version of Go to ship (or a point release has to be shipped in the case of security issues, which drains team resources). I realize the article suggests breaking more functionality out into external projects to get around this, but I'll also advocate for a shorter release cycle. 6 weeks makes more sense than 6 months, IMO. I'd be curious to hear arguments for the long cycles though, as so far I haven't been convinced.