Laravel: New Release Schedule
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For the last 4 years, Laravel has released a new "major" version every 6 months. Before adopting the "semantic versioning" standard - the second number in the Laravel version number changed every 6 months. With the adoption of semantic versioning, the first number in the Laravel version number changed every 6 months. However, the release cycle speed stayed the same throughout that transition - even though many users felt that Laravel versions were being released more frequently.Over the same 4 years, Laravel has matured and solidified its position as the development framework of choice for most PHP developers. As the number of businesses and individuals using Laravel has grown substantially, I feel like now is a good time to update our release schedule to help ease the maintenance burden on our community.So, beginning immediately, Laravel is moving from a 6 month major release cycle to a 12 month release cycle. Therefore, since Laravel 8.0 was released in September of 2020, Laravel 9.…

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