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Chrome team sets six-week cadence for new major versions

If the fast pace of Chrome development wasn't fast enough for you, expect …



Laforge explains that the shorter, predictable time periods between releases are more like "trains leaving Grand Central Station." New features that are ready don't have to wait for others that are taking longer to complete—they can just hop on the current release "train." This can in turn take the pressure off developers to rush to get other features done, since another release train will be coming in six weeks. And they can rest easy knowing their work isn't holding the train from leaving the station.

Mass transit metaphors aside, Chrome will be revving the major version number with each stable release, with 6.0 expected pretty soon, and then shortly followed by 7.0. 8.0. and 9.0. However, warns Laforge, "please don't read too much into the pace of version number changes—they just mean we are moving through release cycles and we are geared up to get fresher releases into your hands!"

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