Title: Helen is the WordPress 4.0 release lead
Author: Andrew Nacin
Published: April 30, 2014

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/) [Andrew Nacin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/)
5:36 pm _on_ April 30, 2014     
Tags: [4.0 ( 38 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/4-0/),
[commit ( 19 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/commit/), [release lead ( 12 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/release-lead/)

# Helen is the WordPress 4.0 release lead

Mike and I are pleased to pass the release leadRelease Lead The community member
ultimately responsible for the Release. baton to Helen Hou-Sandí for WordPress 4.0.
I don’t think this will come as much of a surprise to most of you, but please offer
[@helen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/helen/) your congratulations, which are 
well-deserved.

We’ve already discussed 4.0 a bit in our last two meetings. **Expect today’s weekly
meeting at 2000 UTC in [#wordpress-dev](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/wordpress-dev/)
to be the kickoff for WordPress 4.0****.**

[@DrewAPicture](https://profiles.wordpress.org/DrewAPicture/), [@wonderboymusic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wonderboymusic/),
and [@johnbillion](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnbillion/) have all been renewed
for guest commit for 4.0. Additionally, I’m happy to announce that, after more than
a year as guest committers, Dominik ([@ocean90](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/))
and Sergey ([@SergeyBiryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/SergeyBiryukov/)) both
have permanent commit access. Their prolific contributions have left a lasting mark
on WordPress and I hope to see them at it for years to come.

A **release lead, **if anyone is curious, determines all important parameters for
a release, like schedule, deadlines, which feature plugins are merged, and more 
generally, scope and goals. They take point when it comes to meetings, shepherding
contributions, announcement posts, and updates. A release lead is a connector and
facilitator, identifying bottlenecks and friction wherever they may be and at the
service of the developers and pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing
a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality
or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in
the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can 
be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/)
or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. teams that are aiming to have something
in a given release, and be in frequent communication with them.

The release lead should should follow what’s being committed, and set the tone for
prioritizing and gardening the milestone on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall
Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress..
Given the constraint of time in hitting a date, help with prioritization and ensuring
good communication lines are two of the most valuable things a lead can contribute.

The last five release leads were lead developers, but that’s not a requirement, 
nor is being a committercommitter A developer with commit access. WordPress has 
five lead developers and four permanent core developers with commit access. Additionally,
the project usually has a few guest or component committers - a developer receiving
commit access, generally for a single release cycle (sometimes renewed) and/or for
a specific component.. I always thought of my “code reviewer” and “committer” hats
as being separate, additional responsibilities. (Helen, of course, also wears these
same hats.) Regardless: the release lead has the final call on all important decisions
related to the release.

_**Addendum:**_ For those unaware, for WordPress, version 4.0 sounds like a “big”
version number but it’s just another major releasemajor release A release, identified
by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature
development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8,
2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope. for us, like 3.9 and 4.1,
constructed over the same ~4-month release cycle. But don’t tell Helen that! Here’s
to 4.0 being awesome.

[#4-0](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/4-0/), [#commit](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/commit/),
[#release-lead](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/release-lead/)

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 1.   ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/323cf209e19dd825678e9ccc51bc3f745f96571f1c68af26ae7955c1fa9ad1f2?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 2.    [Aaron Jorbin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jorbin/)  5:38 pm _on_ April 30,
      2014
 3.   Woot! Congrats Helen, Drew, Scott, John, Dominik and Sergey!
 4.   ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4a6c8596f55cd3c63ca03cf04f32027ab8cd3dd4e45fb743e74db5d5954e6c26?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 5.    [tommcfarlin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tommcfarlin/)  5:39 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 6.   Congrats Helen (well-earned!) and congrats to the rest of the guys as well!
 7.   ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f5964f5c623b92c64a7c5025d015f91ae16c9f9d32f9b801ceb9362e6ea0cff7?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 8.    [viviansank](https://profiles.wordpress.org/viviansank/)  5:40 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 9.   why no wordpress 3.10 version ?
 10.  I say this because after long years in version 3.x, 4.x version for a change 
      would have to occur large and significant changes.
 11.   * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/51f55d5974ff861cb88d8b52880f8c15b7f37150ccbad2f47352878a2c9dc2d1?
         s=32&d=mm&r=g)
       *  [John Blackbourn](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnbillion/)  5:42 pm _on_
         April 30, 2014
       * Version 4.0 is simply the version after 3.9. The fact that it’s a round number
         is irrelevant to how large or significant the changes might be.
       * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/daf3c06cda091e6c841f99ba5985828a09c8789375e06965993539a92c196a3b?
         s=32&d=mm&r=g)
       *  [Casey Driscoll](https://profiles.wordpress.org/caseypatrickdriscoll/)  5:
         45 pm _on_ April 30, 2014
       * Yep, WP seems to use a decimal-y version system than unix-y version system
         since 2.0.
       * [https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Versions](https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Versions)
         
         [https://wordpress.org/about/roadmap/](https://wordpress.org/about/roadmap/)
          - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1a7df76f4f6519a5618c32428b277a5c7a89798394965b67e50528ca57c1b5a8?
            s=32&d=mm&r=g)
          -  [Andrew Nacin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/)  5:54 pm _on_ April
            30, 2014
          - Correct, 3.9, 4.0, and 4.1 are all “equivalent” major releases for us. 
            Though I expect 4.0 is gonna be a great release. 🙂
          - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0e4e6448e43e26824478b112ae43c1db2912f3c182bcd898dbc57b57090675e3?
            s=32&d=mm&r=g)
          -  [Doug Wollison](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dougwollison/)  5:57 pm
            _on_ April 30, 2014
          - Well, guess it’s less confusing that Ubuntu’s version numbering scheme.
             * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1a7df76f4f6519a5618c32428b277a5c7a89798394965b67e50528ca57c1b5a8?
               s=32&d=mm&r=g)
             *  [Andrew Nacin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/)  6:09 pm _on_
               April 30, 2014
             * Sure, but also, version numbers matter less and less anyway. Yeaaah 
               automatic updates.
       * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b5f16acb1bc24ca6bf644adb593384de64046fa69c5de867a7647c7f736a1271?
         s=32&d=mm&r=g)
       *  [Alex Mills (Viper007Bond)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/viper007bond/)
         2:01 am _on_ May 1, 2014
       * Pretend the first period doesn’t exist — it makes things a lot easier. The
         current release is 39 and the next release will be 40.
 12.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68341f99b441e86da94de993c67f7ff86d3a312364963005f6e7502731af4e62?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 13.   [sdavis2702](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sdavis2702/)  5:41 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 14.  Congrats, Helen! I haven’t closely followed a full release cycle from beginning
      yet so this will be my first. I can’t wait to see how decisions are made. Congrats
      to the others as well!
 15.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/daf3c06cda091e6c841f99ba5985828a09c8789375e06965993539a92c196a3b?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 16.   [Casey Driscoll](https://profiles.wordpress.org/caseypatrickdriscoll/)  5:41
      pm _on_ April 30, 2014
 17.  Congrats Helen! I hope to make a contribution this time around. See you all at
      4pm eastern!
 18.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/688e591b5d1baee94cff30ae8308c1ff5b54e336deabc134eb625d0de86020d3?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 19.   [@ubernaut](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ubernaut/)  5:41 pm _on_ April 30,
      2014
 20.  Congrats Helen and everyone else can’t wait to see whats in store for 4.0!
 21.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f684d395d41f087441413624b6af3309fe38bad2206cf41556cb03f0be1f67df?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 22.   [BrashRebel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brashrebel/)  5:41 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 23.  Congratulations to Helen. Very well deserved. Also thanks and congrats to the
      new and continuing committers. You are all awesome.
 24.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7fab7a27d6eb1e11d63e8a5963991d4adacce3ae704dc2fb7f53d97fad88edce?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 25.   [George Stephanis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/georgestephanis/)  5:42 pm
      _on_ April 30, 2014
 26.  Many congrats!
 27.  [https://i.cloudup.com/pEi3vigLvR.gif](https://i.cloudup.com/pEi3vigLvR.gif)
 28.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/82e095c8bc229017b128e53940ea534aa31f6624431bedee24c7e8756e42dd1c?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 29.   [adamsilverstein](https://profiles.wordpress.org/adamsilverstein/)  5:43 pm 
      _on_ April 30, 2014
 30.  Yea!
 31.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/51f55d5974ff861cb88d8b52880f8c15b7f37150ccbad2f47352878a2c9dc2d1?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 32.   [John Blackbourn](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnbillion/)  5:43 pm _on_
      April 30, 2014
 33.  3.6 didn’t put you off then Helen? 😉 Congrats!
 34.   * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e05110ddfc422ecfc3c68f61f2b08a404343ef8514fed12b460fc9c9aaa47d27?
         s=32&d=mm&r=g)
       *  [Helen Hou-Sandi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/helen/)  5:45 pm _on_ April
         30, 2014
       * Just don’t say PFUI. 🙂
 35.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/64423a5592dbb3c4402c46302d6f635ae9eafa5a8c4155f0b1bdbbd359901675?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 36.   [_Redd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sharonaustin/)  5:44 pm _on_ April 30,
      2014
 37.  Many, many congratulations, and so well deserved!
 38.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5437f5b6124c08e8d9ab5f8a4b6a97cf3f6966aee694ef98417db8bdcc13b937?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 39.   [Mel Choyce](https://profiles.wordpress.org/melchoyce/)  5:46 pm _on_ April 
      30, 2014
 40.  Congrats to Helen + committers!
 41.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c64b8f97639b146b3a504e7d2cb44a6d7296f3a607e767abe41fa2cbc50cadbc?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 42.   [Pippin Williamson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mordauk/)  5:46 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 43.  Congrats, Helen!
 44.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8bf29c777c4a386cb938cb3afc6fa6398259c5d31103b9704f75feba84b6b385?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 45.   [Kim Parsell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kpdesign/)  5:50 pm _on_ April 
      30, 2014
 46.  Awesome! Congrats to everyone! 🙂
 47.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b8b4c1e6328598569093af9249f1811977636a39f84eeeb4360b772ae79dbae1?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 48.   [Yoav Farhi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yoavf/)  5:50 pm _on_ April 30, 
      2014
 49.  Congratulations!
 50.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6dba66de73d09f673806e6301e633651cc0814a75ce87341b5798f81e7bc5bce?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 51.   [Ionel Roiban](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpdeveloper/)  5:56 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 52.  (y)
 53.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a68b035a79126681dcec5b30ea5809ee3bc1aa31fc6c0771ed0e02f284676887?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 54.   [shaunandrews](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shaunandrews/)  6:00 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 55.  Woot! Congrats all!
 56.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dadacd850dfa0cc31e81a8fa5cd95971436becd0045b0c4e803e6018f21925c9?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 57.   [Shameem Reza](https://profiles.wordpress.org/theanuvhuti/)  6:09 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 58.  Congrats to Helen and all commiters, Expecting something rocks 🙂
 59.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f91149d655faaebfe941e8991eaba1d4a4e0c42c2200f1053ff4cbb7f13ff1d2?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 60.   [Lance Willett](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lancewillett/)  6:11 pm _on_ 
      April 30, 2014
 61.  Congrats Helen!
 62.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2b414585f4eb82c96e7a2888dc70769981f4873f7fec6b71c6709cbae6ff4beb?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 63.   [Tunbosun Ayinla](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tubiz/)  6:12 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 64.  Congrats Helen.
 65.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/603a3c8128c0966d4671b093c07634cf9f0f505644b82bfa5dcf57c27e5ded66?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 66.   [Avryl](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ellatrix/)  6:13 pm _on_ April 30, 2014
 67.  Congratulations! 🙂
 68.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d7a8778a3ad9a1b17d7c2c1bb5026ca4565f46bb5552c8f8853053279b02563e?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 69.   [Beau Lebens](https://profiles.wordpress.org/beaulebens/)  6:14 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 70.  This is most fantastic news. Congrats Helen. Congrats WordPress.
 71.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ae4a4e54f58de7f040c1caef738bb56f5ccaf16b0eed9b2304df92826609d3ca?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 72.   [Mike Schroder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kirasong/)  6:32 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 73.  Congrats Helen! Super well deserved. Congrats as well to Dominik and Sergey for
      permanent commit!
 74.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d106e3b5d594070e2328a00b9c1cea892806a1fe239d58c65150190b555e1f88?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 75.   [Jan Dembowski](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jdembowski/)  6:33 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 76.  That’s great and congrats to Helen! 😉
 77.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/33bd74ddb8fa9500d34b6b55ee433d8868d614564d6267066a9fa18867b77573?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 78.   [Morgan Estes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/morganestes/)  6:39 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 79.  Congrats Helen! It’s really cool to see you at the helm for this release.
 80.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/df6fbb8214f43b85bc6933ba0ef0271ebb4d58b2624f848c8c6f54866b7a8211?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 81.   [Florian Girardey](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fgirardey/)  6:40 pm _on_ 
      April 30, 2014
 82.  I propose Khaleesi as your official WordPress nickname Helen ! Congrats 😀
 83.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/19347ef87f4fd5978b2184e7f05af5c780485f69dbfdefccfe3521c732a87f06?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 84.   [Drew Jaynes (DrewAPicture)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/drewapicture/)  
      6:42 pm _on_ April 30, 2014
 85.  [@helen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/helen/): Congrats! You’re gonna be a 
      great release leadRelease Lead The community member ultimately responsible for
      the Release.. And [@sergeybiryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)
      and [@ocean90](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/), congrats to the both
      of you on permanent commit! A well-deserved honor.
 86.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/56bab68692c2a170323d65a02b2faec6c12e2b5eda10f0ee5b53610416f389d4?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 87.   [Matías Ventura](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matveb/)  6:46 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 88.  Congrats, Helen and committers! 🙂
 89.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b2529773957886a13c7f8920a31c6f50d33335c36dea4d35f24ab2a01ce1af2e?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 90.   [Cole Geissinger](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brainfestation/)  7:12 pm _on_
      April 30, 2014
 91.  Huzzah! Congrats Helen!
 92.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ceb82320fbe6d22bc5820900535e023b4808b0e55037ad05d4da139537280c75?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 93.   [Ryan Cowles](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanc413/)  7:22 pm _on_ April 
      30, 2014
 94.  Awesome! Congrats all!
 95.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bde9703998afdefd18ae8be4f3c0bf2966fa9d7fa04f2d69c18ec66ff6f8cc9e?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 96.   [Zach "The Z Man" Abernathy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thezman84/)  7:37
      pm _on_ April 30, 2014
 97.  Congrats all! Special congrats to Helen on the BIG four-o!
 98.  [http://www.runningoffthereeses.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tumblr_m8q63wSBiQ1qcg6kio1_250.gif](http://www.runningoffthereeses.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tumblr_m8q63wSBiQ1qcg6kio1_250.gif)
 99.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d90a938633be46488e62828ea10317d70e8d039bdd5070f5760139ca91a38362?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 100.  [Konstantin Kovshenin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kovshenin/)  7:48 pm _on_
      April 30, 2014
 101. Congrats everyone and good luck to Helen! I’m sure you’ll do a great job 🙂
 102. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d29a38894bd3b73c20c139124e5c1b5a466cce7c25781fc3e1d32654b60c9a71?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 103.  [Remkus de Vries](https://profiles.wordpress.org/defries/)  8:09 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 104. Congrats Helen!
 105. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2349fe153237a398b058cefe15910aff3acea2c67da2f8bb6ee587a3cdb31347?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 106.  [Xavier Borderie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xibe/)  8:29 pm _on_ April 
      30, 2014
 107. A well deserved move, three cheers to Helen and the whole project!
 108. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f8b3e78da513af70d22b0a942297a300eef15e3ce8080e877c054ebb83e24d82?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 109.  [John James Jacoby](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)  9:27 pm
      _on_ April 30, 2014
 110. Very awesome for everyone. Helen is great, and she’ll do an amazing job with 
      4.0.
 111. Congratulations Helen!
 112. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/54ea865129e8b20d03cc2e521e004c79362c79e36d6e9ea7866b1b6d918840ad?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 113.  [Michael Beil](https://profiles.wordpress.org/michaelbeil/)  9:42 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 114. Way to go Helen! And cheers to the rest of the team.
 115. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0083565440788a0a10be4ca51c313e95b1130c808dc8c4d8fa44c0443ce61e08?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 116.  [Rindy Portfolio](https://profiles.wordpress.org/portfola/)  10:01 pm _on_ April
      30, 2014
 117. Great news! Congrats, Helen and new permanent committers!
 118. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/552913ca97c30efb979d4a6ad62a788b39021c2f84a38600f79b9950d38d58a9?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 119.  [klihelp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/klihelp/)  12:00 am _on_ May 1, 2014
 120. Nacin was a really good release leadRelease Lead The community member ultimately
      responsible for the Release., congratulation Helen, take the stage:)
 121. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f7fc9c8ab37e41c8816d5f42b3b3110875266afb51a22bf1c2c48a47130e901d?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 122.  [Japh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/japh/)  12:11 am _on_ May 1, 2014
 123. Congratulations, Helen! And of course, those with guest and permanent commit 
      access changes 🙂
 124. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd257f389c91f137dab25f343b527123e887135b01921ebb6206e40cfa2eb636?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 125.  [Knut Sparhell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knutsp/)  12:53 am _on_ May 1,
      2014
 126. Congratulations to Helen. Looking forward to see you as release leadRelease Lead
      The community member ultimately responsible for the Release..
 127. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/809db0a17fba9bbc5e4377329f568e46e1a3d3b5edd0fd9896dab5e7b0fe5a1a?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 128.  [Hardeep Asrani](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hardeepasrani/)  5:33 am _on_
      May 1, 2014
 129. Congratulations to Helen! Looks like this will be the BEST WordPress release,
      yet!
 130. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a1163786d725866ad9feda8759b6165bc0c31212c6dbb71779ec77a0a9f65725?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 131.  [Dinesh Kesarwani](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cyberwani/)  5:48 am _on_ 
      May 1, 2014
 132. Congratulations [@Helen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/Helen/)! and the whole
      team guest and permanent. 🙂
 133. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a15532e2de67c56ac93ed4e3a26c5b139bf8450f788262910590cd2991b7874c?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 134.  [Jose Castaneda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jcastaneda/)  11:33 am _on_ 
      May 1, 2014
 135. That’s awesome! Congrats Helen. 🙂
 136. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd18da60d54f0a7374dc62b122ff5050f33fad8c43ce013594f7703a37b9d906?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 137.  [Andrea Fercia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/afercia/)  1:53 pm _on_ May 1,
      2014
 138. Congrats Helen + all 🙂
 139. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/40d6fb2e10b96de3a8e01e2825f69966adf09614261f2d3609efbab3f7bef4a3?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 140.  [Fahmi Adib](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fahmiadib/)  3:36 pm _on_ May 1,
      2014
 141. Congrats Helen!
 142. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0ebccb4ded2c08630b2a91c245fda3589b4dd8860a3c5bec035126031647915f?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 143.  [Sara Rosso](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rosso99/)  4:10 pm _on_ May 1, 2014
 144. Awesome news! Congrats Helen, and congrats to the rest of the new/permanent committers
      🙂
 145. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/505447d8ed71d87e74b811a395145244b41aef440f8fcd00e082f3b524f0405f?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 146.  [jamesb101](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jamesb101/)  5:47 pm _on_ May 1, 
      2014
 147. Hey folks?
 148. How about the 3.9.1 upgrade to fix the ‘drag and drop’ problem that a TON of 
      have?
 149. I know you guys are excited about moving forward….
       But what about fixing the
      TinyMCE issues and getting the fix out to the troops…..
 150. Be Happy……
 151. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/325951f8e7be1593f9b356049bfd4c27b3116333265fc6a4b856db9774c61352?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 152.  [master412160](https://profiles.wordpress.org/master412160/)  9:24 pm _on_ May
      1, 2014
 153. Congrats Helen! I can’t wait to see what 4.0 holds.
 154. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cbf545e603e6c12cdcafef8bd35833ccb8906a342e6b62b3a75bef33d34de277?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 155.  [oso96_2000](https://profiles.wordpress.org/oso96_2000/)  6:20 am _on_ May 2,
      2014
 156. Awesome! Congratulations Helen! 🙂
 157. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/af6cb02f92815fa3d3c86aa63a507360b5130a075f13666748575e63b34edfe1?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 158.  [Marcus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netweblogic/)  10:05 am _on_ May 2, 
      2014
 159. Congrats Helen and thanks to everyone that’s putting so much time and good work
      into WP!
 160. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e3b3ba7c37c496982b2aedba65d12b0f51079d7453009f5f1f872930589c865f?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 161.  [@mercime](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mercime/)  7:13 pm _on_ May 2, 2014
 162. Congrats Helen, Drew, Scott, John, Dominik and Sergey!
 163. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c40c00db4c6d9d44c421b8e1feb96856421bd31d11e45cf83a83d77ba8a42a8d?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 164.  [dyrer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dyrer/)  11:08 am _on_ May 3, 2014
 165. I would prefer a wp 4.x be a major releasemajor release A release, identified
      by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and
      feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions,
      so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope. and next version
      with number 3.10, 3.11 🙂
 166. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3fc5c19448ac11af77230a58f64c63c2209ffc54f577eee2d6120dff14bfccd7?
      s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 167.  [Peter Elmered](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pekz0r/)  3:39 pm _on_ July 10,
      2014
 168. I also think it’s much more logical make 4.X a major releasemajor release A release,
      identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release
      cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release
      versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope. and
      continue with 3.10, 3.11 and so on for minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases
      or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred
      to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, 
      and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor
      Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality..
 169.  * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/479f05d4acc73915a43b24a1ee3f30477d4ee19bbec6a5a79906d396f2b2d2ad?
         s=32&d=mm&r=g)
       *  [samuelsidler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/)  5:26 pm _on_
         July 10, 2014
       * That’s not how WordPress releases work. All releases are considered major.
         See [here](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/how-the-release-cycle-works/version-numbering/).

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