FWIW the old lead dev had a philosophy of &quot;everybody should just compile the most recent source&quot; which is why there hasn&#x27;t been a stable release in a long time.<p>The new lead dev wants to do stable releases much more often than in the past. We&#x27;ll see how it goes. KiCad ended up in a &quot;feature freeze&quot; since ~May which slowed down dev for the last six months.