I think the only mistake made with this patch release was merging in 250+ commits, ranging from last year to the present day. Maybe that's standard for such a large project, but it feels like a hell of a lot of tweaks for a minor release.
As for the rest - I think the issues in January has put Rails in the spotlight, and while scrutiny is certainly warranted, I think the extra pressure on the project over the past months to clear this stuff up has had its consequences.
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I think the only mistake made with this patch release was merging in 250+ commits, ranging from last year to the present day. Maybe that's standard for such a large project, but it feels like a hell of a lot of tweaks for a minor release.
As for the rest - I think the issues in January has put Rails in the spotlight, and while scrutiny is certainly warranted, I think the extra pressure on the project over the past months to clear this stuff up has had its consequences.
I think the problem is that they do too many patch releases and not enough minor releases. This could easily have been a minor.