Mozilla announces that Firefox will be released every 4 weeks
About Firefox, a web browser that is upgraded once every 6 to 8 weeks, Mozilla, the developer, announced that the release cycle will be accelerated every 4 weeks.
Moving Firefox to a faster 4-week release cycle-Mozilla Hacks-the Web developer blog
According to Mozilla, increasing the cadence of the release will increase agility and provide new features more quickly. The schedule will change from the first quarter of 2020, and the Enterprise Extended Support Release (ESR) will remain unchanged from the previous pace. Specifically, the schedule is as follows.
| Firefox version | ESR version | Scheduled release date |
|---|---|---|
| 69 | 68.1 | September 3, 2019 (Tue) |
| 70 | 68.2 | October 22, 2019 (Tue) |
| 71 | 68.3 | December 3, 2019 (Tue) |
| 72 | 68.4 | Tuesday, January 7, 2020 |
| 73 | 68.5 | February 11, 2020 (Tue) |
| 74 | 68.6 | March 10, 2020 (Tue) |
| 75 | 68.7 | April 7, 2020 (Tue) |
| 76 | 68.8 | May 5, 2020 (Tue) |
| 77 | 68.9 | June 2, 2020 (Tue) |
| 78 | 68.10 / 78.0 | June 30, 2020 (Tue) |
| 79 | 68.11 / 78.1 | July 28, 2020 (Tue) |
| 80 | 68.12 / 78.2 | August 25, 2020 (Tue) |
| 81 | 78.3 | September 22, 2020 (Tue) |
Firefox has passed through three pre-release channels: “Nightly”, “Beta”, and “Developer Edition” before releasing the stable version, but due to changes in the release cycle, the cycle of the pre-release channel will also be shortened. For this reason, Mozilla calls for support from pre-release channel users.
The stable release cycle of rival Google Chrome is about 6 to 8 weeks.
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