Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-220.233.18.203-20141114235742/@comment-26715739-20151129073136

The question is not "why did you answer?", the question is "why do you think 8th December is the answer?".

The answer we should always give is "FM do not advertise release dates in advance but we think...".

So here's my "we think..."

They tend to prefer to run a 6 week cycle, but will sometimes extend. The 6 week cycle on this release gives a 1 December release date.

Until the Huracan image went up I was favouring 8th December, I thought that made the most sense from a "running a software house" perspective (with a likely 1-2 week break for most of the Australian-based employees over Christmas) - and it still kept it in the range of other release cycles. The break over Christmas is important because you don't just want to keep this release in step, you should also be thinking of the next release too.

I also thought it gave them a bit more time to getting everything in for what we'd expect would be a move to version 4.0 (as they have done previously with the December release).

But now they've started the advertising run into the next release, with the "Coming Soon" on facebook (although no new videos on youtube as of yet). They've tended not to do that particularly early in the past. I'm thinking 1 December now more likely.

To be honest I'm a little disappointed with that (1 December release), as it makes me think we won't see that much in the next release (be it called 3.8 or 4.0). And it also makes me think we'll get even less in the early new year release 3.9 or 4.1.

I would, of course, love to be proven wrong.