Hello,

the branch 5.8 was created, therefore the master branch is open for adding new features, to be part of future release series v5.9.x (or whatever version is decided for next series).

Any bug fix committed to master that applies to 5.8.x or older stable branches should be backported as usual with "git cherry-pick -x ..." to appropriate branches like 5.8 or 5.7.

Expect that v5.8.0 will be released in a few weeks from now.

Based on the workflow used during the past years, the next future release v5.9.0 should be out after another 8-10 months of development, plus 1-2 months of testing, so sometime during the last part of 2024 or the beginning of 2025.

Cheers, Daniel