Out of curiosity, assuming that Node 10.8 (or the latest version we're on) doesn't break anything from 10.2, and also assuming that the Node abstraction layer p

Out of curiosity, assuming that Node 10.8 (or the latest version we're on) doesn't break anything from 10.2, and also assuming that the Node abstraction layer protects developers from underlying V8 ABI changes; why would Electron release a new version with dated versions of Node and V8? Is it because of a release cycle?