One of the things John Wiegley said he’d like to do when he took over leadership of Emacs development was to have more frequent releases. It looks as if things are on track:
Eli Zaretskii: "I plan to release Emacs 25.2 very soon, like in a few weeks." https://t.co/f8Gtyq4mEY #emacs
— /r/Emacs (@EmacsReddit) October 16, 2016
Thanks to John and Eli and the other developers for making it happen.