Did we really release 8.04?

[Justin Dugger]

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:33 AM, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> For 8.04, a deliberate effort was made by Canonical to continue
> stabilization in response to real-world testing after the 8.04 release.  In
> practice, many issues which affect users are only discovered when end users
> begin to upgrade and use the new release on a daily basis, and for this
> release, we prepared a comprehensive response to this feedback.
>
> If you were unaware that this was going on, perhaps we could do a better job
> of communicating this type of effort with the public.

What prompted such a decision?  Was it expected that every release
needs this effort, or simply this specific one?

Justin Dugger