Affected by the epidemic, because the remote to adjust the work to bring the work plan, a few days ago Google has announced a temporary freeze Chrome and Chrome OS version updates , and give priority to the current version of stability and security.
But according to the latest Chrome developer Jason Kersey published in the official Chromium Google Group in the news , Google has now decided to skip version of Chrome 82 release, "to ensure that the concerns are focused on security and stability."
According to Jason's argument, based on the above decision to skip the Chrome 82, they team developed a series of measures to be taken immediately next:
- M82 to abandon the current branch, delete architecture support, and stop the test / merged into the branch
- M82 will not be any new version into Dev, and will stop stabilized Beta version
- Will be developed as soon as the channel migrated to M83
- Reservations Beta channel on the M81, M83 until ready for release
In addition, the announcement also said that once the M81 is ready to release a stable version, Chrome future milestone schedule will be adjusted, it is possible earlier launch of Chrome 83 Beta version and stable version. Chromium development team next week will be discussed further versions of the release time is expected there will be news released.
On the other hand, Microsoft's Edge team immediately upstream rhythm, had announced the suspension of Microsoft Edge. It is foreseeable that after Google This is the latest publication of the notice, Edge is also very likely to skip version 82.