That's what 1.8.2 is about, and we'll do minor releases as needed.
The reason 1.9/2.0 is happening only about 6 months after 1.8 is that there is a lot of demand for an oldIE-free version for mobile and modern web apps, as opposed to public web sites. It's important for us to line up the APIs in the 1.9/2.0 versions but we had to give people enough notice about deprecated features.
You can expect the pace to slow down after 1.9/2.0 comes out.
The reason 1.9/2.0 is happening only about 6 months after 1.8 is that there is a lot of demand for an oldIE-free version for mobile and modern web apps, as opposed to public web sites. It's important for us to line up the APIs in the 1.9/2.0 versions but we had to give people enough notice about deprecated features.
You can expect the pace to slow down after 1.9/2.0 comes out.