Karlston Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Mozilla will release a new Firefox version every 4 weeks from 2020 on Mozilla announced on September 17, 2019 that it will speed up the Firefox release cycle from 2020 onward for all Firefox channels. New Firefox versions get released every six to eight weeks currently after Mozilla switched to a variable release schedule in 2016. The browser maker started to ship new versions of the browser every six weeks in 2011 when it switched to a rapid release cycle. Mozilla uses a phased released system that moves new code from cutting edge Nightly versions of the browser through Beta and Developer editions before they reach the stable version and the majority of users. So-called Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release) versions are maintained for Enterprises and organizations that follow the same release cycle but with less frequent feature changes. Starting in the first quarter of 2020, Mozilla will release a new version of the Firefox web browser every four weeks. The organization wants to introduce new features including new Web APIs into Firefox more quickly. We’re adjusting our cadence to increase our agility, and bring you new features more quickly. In recent quarters, we’ve had many requests to take features to market sooner. Feature teams are increasingly working in sprints that align better with shorter release cycles. Considering these factors, it is time we changed our release cadence. Mozilla won't change the release cadence of Extended Support Releases. New ESR releases will be released every 12 months with a three month support overlap between soon-to-be-retired versions and the new ESR version. New ESR releases will be released every four weeks however instead of every six to eight weeks; the decision increases the number of ESR releases of a particular version of the browser, e.g. Firefox 68.x, however. A shortened release cycle has risks associated with it and Mozilla wants to maintain release quality and reduce these risks through careful planning, testing, quality management and staged rollouts. One of the planned changes increases the number of beta builds that Mozilla produces in a week up from two similarly to how Firefox Nightly updates are handled by the organization. Staged rollouts play an important role in the new strategy to help "minimize unexpected (quality, stability or performance) disruptions to our release end-users". The release cycle is moved slowly from the 6-8 week cycle that is currently used down to five and then four weeks over the next quarter and the first quarter of 2020. We have updated our Firefox release schedule overview to reflect today's announced changes. Closing words A four week release cycle is a massive undertaking for Mozilla; if the organization manages to keep up the quality of releases while introducing new features more quickly to the Firefox audience, it could be a win-win situation for everyone. ESR administrators will have to adjust to a faster release cycle as well but since the move to new major ESR versions remains the same, it should not be too problematic. Source: Mozilla will release a new Firefox version every 4 weeks from 2020 on (gHacks - Martin Brinkmann) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankl1n Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, Karlston said: A four week release cycle is a massive undertaking for Mozilla; if the organization manages to keep up the quality of releases while introducing new features more quickly to the Firefox audience, it could be a win-win situation for everyone. yes but it could be a big FUBAR, ...so will they hold from posting a security update until the 4 weeks is up? OR will they rush a new feature just to satisfy this 4 week timeline, etc etc....I doubt this edict stays effective for long, actually they will probably abandon it before the 4 weeks is out! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, frankl1n said: yes but it could be a big FUBAR I agree. A quick release schedule has worked so wonderfully well with Windows 10, so it's certainly worth trying. Looks like another superficial attempt to best Chrome. IIRC, Google releases new stable Chrome versions every 6 weeks. Won't affect me... I'll continue having Firefox automatic updates disabled, and updating Firefox when I choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I don't care I been using Waterfox ESR as my default browser every since before they killed legacy addons . I just use Firefox as a spare browser just like i do chromium browser and Brave Browser . To even make Firefox almost as fast as chromium on Linux you have to use a experimental feature called Web rendering . But still Chromium With VAAPI (Hardware-Accelerated Video Decoding) Support Ubuntu testing snap I use it blows all my other browsers out the water for streaming videos. That why people on Linux use apps more to stream than they do browsers .I use Waterfox for browsing the internet , downloading and posting and it works very good for me . On windows i always used new Firefox because it has the best IDM integration but on Linux i don't have that download manger and ive not been on windows in months . I have XDM , Uget , J Downloader , Persepolis and DownThemAll. Firefox always had buggy new releases as far back as v3x . That why they kept releasing v2x and that's before they had a esr or a rapid release cycle , they copy ESR from Linux LTS and they copy rapid release cycle from Google . But there releases were no more stable when they numbered them different . One time i remember nightly being more stable than there General release was even and that's what i used for awhile . Only reason Firefox is up to version 69 is because they copy Google now they going release 2 weeks faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 17, 2019 Administrator Share Posted September 17, 2019 The security updates I guess would be released irrespective of the release dates, that is, be released in minor upgrades that currently happen in between the main version releases. It's true that such update methods are massively unpopular, but I guess it's on Mozilla to understand what is right for everyone and them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryrynz Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Still a dying browser. Big whoop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanax Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Quote it could be a win-win situation for everyone well known win-win situation, just like last 10 years when they keep their head in others ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erp-ster0 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 21 hours ago, Karlston said: I agree. A quick release schedule has worked so wonderfully well with Windows 10, so it's certainly worth trying. Looks like another superficial attempt to best Chrome. IIRC, Google releases new stable Chrome versions every 6 weeks. Won't affect me... I'll continue having Firefox automatic updates disabled, and updating Firefox when I choose. except that Mozilla's way of updating Firefox next year will be a lot faster than Microsoft's schedule of updating Windows 10 with their 2 feature updates a year plan. also mentioned on Softpedia news: https://news.softpedia.com/news/mozilla-to-release-new-firefox-versions-every-four-weeks-527444.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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