# Is the six-week release cycle too frequent?

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/is-the-six-week-release-cycle-too-frequent/7526>\
**Category:** Proposals\
**Created:** [March 15, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/is-the-six-week-release-cycle-too-frequent/7526 "2015-03-15T15:11:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/is-the-six-week-release-cycle-too-frequent/7526/56 "2015-03-20T05:07:25Z")

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> [@bcardarella](#):
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> It would be nice if addon developers could get the “stability without stagnation” benefit that application developers get. I have seen no intent to provide such support.

I remember that in Merb (also maintained by @wycats!) there was a rule that any private API that’s needed for a plugin is a bug. Maybe it would be good to add it to Ember too?

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