Mozilla will no longer update Firefox every six weeks

Mozilla has announced that it will stop sticking to its six-week Train Model update schedule. Instead, the company is moving to a more variable six- to eight-week schedule. Despite this, there should be as many releases of the browser this year.

The looser schedule should bring a number of important pluses, according to Mozilla. For example, adjusting release dates would make it easier to respond to emerging user requirements. In addition, it allows a more flexible schedule for the holiday periods.

Mozilla launched the Train Model in 2011, with a new version of Firefox being released every six weeks. This allowed the company to bring updates and features to users faster. New features were posted to Mozilla central every six weeks. These features were then stabilized over a period of two times six weeks. At the same time, during this stabilization period, new features were developed and placed on Mozilla-central. As a result, there was a constant supply of new features every six weeks.

The next update will be released on March 8 with Firefox 45. After that, a schedule with irregular periods between updates follows. A total of seven new versions of the browser will be released in 2016, along with a planned update for critical updates if needed in December. Updates to Firefox ESR follow the same schedule.