josevalim
Elixir v1.11 will be released in October 2020
Hi! 
I hope everyone is well!
The Elixir team releases new versions every 6 months, typically every January and July. However, since many of us may have more than usual on our plates lately, we will be postponing the next Elixir release by 3 months.
Even though Elixir releases are backwards compatible and we were on track to release a new version in July, new Elixir versions always push some amount of work downstream, for example, to library authors that need to upgrade CIs and ensure everything runs smooth (which is usually the case). This is why we decided to postpone. It also gives us an opportunity to evaluate if every 9 months is a better release frequency than every 6 months.
Therefore, Elixir v1.11 will be released in October 2020. If there are any important bug fixes, we will continue releasing patch versions for Elixir v1.10. On that note, the latest Elixir v1.10.3 is already compatible with Erlang/OTP 23.
Thank you and stay safe!
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gshaw
It also gives us an opportunity to evaluate if every 9 months is a better release frequency than every 6 months.
This is a great idea. Every 6 months might have been the correct cadence while the language was being developed but now that it’s “done” (and I love that decision btw) a slower cadence seems appropriate to consider.
josevalim
Right. We need to find a long term approach to bring some of those features into Elixir, so you don’t have to rely on private APIs. Part of it was done with compilation tracers but there is most likely more.
sribe
Agreed!
josevalim
Apologies, pushed now.
wallyfoo
Stability is a feature. Happy to keep it that way.
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