24.2.0.1/|08-Jan-2024
24.2.0.2/|16-Jan-2024
24.2.0.3/|04-Feb-2024 → initial release, after about a month of testing two intermediate release candidates.
24.2.1.1/|12-Feb-2024
24.2.1.2/|05-Mar-2024 → first bugfix release, after about a month after the initial release (and one intermediate candidate).
24.2.2.1/|09-Mar-2024
24.2.2.2/|05-Apr-2024 → second bugfix release, after about a month after the first bugfix release (and one intermediate candidate).
24.2.3.1/|23-Apr-2024
24.2.3.2/|13-May-2024 → third bugfix release, after about a month after the second bugfix release (and one intermediate candidate). Note that 13-May-2024 is wrong, the release was at may 1st, see inside (it’s portable version that was released late).
24.2.4.1/|03-Jun-2024
24.2.4.2/|04-Jun-2024 → fourth bugfix release, after about a month after the third bugfix release (and one intermediate candidate).
24.2.5.1/|02-Jul-2024
24.2.5.2/|11-Jul-2024 → fifth bugfix release, after a bit more than a month after the fourth bugfix release (and one intermediate candidate).
Fifth bugfix release appeared ~ 6 months 1 week after initial release.
Now compare to 7.6.
7.6.0.1/|10-Jul-2023
7.6.0.2/|01-Aug-2023
7.6.0.3/|29-Aug-2023 → initial release, after about a month of testing two intermediate release candidates. Note that 29-Aug-2023 is a lie, actually it was Aug 11th (see inside).
7.6.1.1/|29-Aug-2023
7.6.1.2/|18-Sep-2023 → first bugfix release, after about a month after the initial release (and one intermediate candidate). Again, actually Sep 8th.
7.6.2.1/|10-Oct-2023 → Out-of-order second bugfix (security) release, just two weeks after first bugfix release, without candidates: Sep 26th
7.6.3.1/|05-Nov-2023
7.6.3.2/|23-Nov-2023 → third bugfix release, after about a month after the second bugfix release (and one intermediate candidate).
7.6.4.1/|28-Dec-2023 → out-of-order fourth bugfix (security) release, after about two weeks after previous, without candidates: Dec 4th
7.6.5.1/|01-Feb-2024
7.6.5.2/|27-Feb-2024 → fifth bugfix release, about 2.5 months after previous: Feb 20th
Fifth bugfix release appeared ~ 6 months 1 week after initial release.
I fail to see a difference…
(I like when someone advises me to take a trip over our releases, which I am part of… people are so funny sometimes)