Google on Thursday said it will pick up Chrome’s release pace by issuing a new version of the browser about every six weeks. According to Anthony Laforge, a Chrome program manager, the new schedule will put a a new “stable” version of the browser in users’ hands roughly twice often as in the past. The picked-up pace will debut over the next few months.
Google calls the production line of Chrome its “stable” build, but also maintains two other release editions—“beta” and “dev”—that produce more frequent updates.
Laforge said Google had several goals in mind for the move, including getting new features to users faster, releasing updates on a more predictable schedule and taking pressure off its developers to finish features.
Increasing the frequency of Chrome releases means programmers won’t have to rush a feature to make an every-three-month deadline, delay the next browser release if they wanted to squeeze in the new functionality or ship the browser with the new feature switched off, said Laforge.
“With the new schedule, if a given feature is not complete, it will simply ride on the next release train when it’s ready,” he said in an entry on the company’s Chromium project blog. “Since those trains come quickly and regularly (every six weeks), there is less stress.” More...
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