diff --git a/source/blog/2018-09-07-the-ember-times-issue-63.md b/source/blog/2018-09-07-the-ember-times-issue-63.md index 75e4d132f5..2ab4144a32 100644 --- a/source/blog/2018-09-07-the-ember-times-issue-63.md +++ b/source/blog/2018-09-07-the-ember-times-issue-63.md @@ -27,8 +27,18 @@ The time has come: The **Ember Community is starting its big move over to [Disco --- -## [SECTION TITLE](#section-url) +## [RFC: Ember Editions](https://github.com/emberjs/rfcs/blob/9c7fe3f4e947b5f79050214334a98673494c25d7/text/0000-editions.md) +[@davewasmer](https://github.com/davewasmer) has written a RFC introducing the concepts of **editions**. The idea is that every few years Ember will declare a new edition of Ember that bundles up accumulated incremental improvements into a cohesive package. + +The benefit of this being that this gives the Ember Community an opportunity to bring our documentation and marketing up-to-date to reflect the improvements we’ve made since the previous edition. According to the RFC, the right time to declare a new edition is when: + + +* A significant, coherent set of new features and APIs have all landed in the stable channel. +* Error messages and the developer ergonomics of those new features have been fully polished. +* Tooling (the Ember Inspector, blueprints, codemods, etc.) has been updated to work with these new features. +* API documentation, guides, tutorials, and example code has been updated to incorporate the new features. +Make sure to [read the entire RFC](https://github.com/emberjs/rfcs/blob/9c7fe3f4e947b5f79050214334a98673494c25d7/text/0000-editions.md) and [leave a comment with your thoughts](https://github.com/emberjs/rfcs/pull/371). ---