If there are critical bugs before 5.1, there could be a 5.0.3. But once 5.1 is released, we won’t have the time to maintain three (5.0, 5.1, 6.0) branches. So bug fixes will only go to 5.1 at that point.
https://git.launchpad.net/kicad/commit/?id=5d8c3e503360c62f41de5ccb69c97324e6542444
That’s natural and expected, that’s what I meant.
It also helps us to have a clear policy when we encourage people to upgrade to the latest/greatest. I don’t think any of us care to be version aficionados when it comes to answering questions. "Oh, that was a great little version with great complexity and nuance. It was released around the time of FOSDEM 2019 and you can just feel the developers exuberance in the code. " 
From the policy:
http://docs.kicad.org/doxygen/md_Documentation_development_stable-release-policy.html
Therefore, once a new release is created, the only patches that will be made to the stable release branch will be for bugs that cause KiCad to crash or possible corruption and/or loss of data. No other changes from the current development branch will be backported to the last stable release by the project.
So far so good, except for the ratsnest highlight feature tight to part instead of net seem to not making sense when working on component placements. 
Any update on when 5.0.2 might be available for MacOS?
5.0.2 is en route to openSUSE:Tumbleweed since 12 December.
I’ve asked the question about the availability of 5.0.2 for macOS multiple times on the users mailing list and never received any replies. Is the users mailing list dead or are there just no Mac users/devs reading it?
Us Mac users just want an update on the status.
Is the 5.0.2 build uploaded to the testing area ok or are there some issues with it?
Thanks, Brendan.
I got the feeling from the mailing list
https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg38636.html
that the downloads from the ‘testing’ repository - http://downloads.kicad.org/osx/testing/ could be considered the ‘stable’ 5.0.2 & ready for release. I have had this version running for a few days on my my MacBook without issue but it crashes reliably whenever activating 3d views on my 27" iMac (both running 10.13, HighSierra).
The Kicad-EDA website is still only showing 5.0.1 on the main MacOS download page - so, like you I am not sure if there is still an issue with 5.0.2 on the Mac - judging from my limited experience, there might be some ongoing problems but that might just be my setup.
I will do a bug report on the 5.0.2 issue if it hasn’t been reported already.
Notwithstanding, I have also just tried out a new nightly which runs fine on the iMac - but I think the eeschema canvas needs a bit more work - it seems very blocky and jumpy to me.
Oh, and the Yahoo mailing list does indeed seem to be dead - probably because everyone is over here now
@adamwolf or @nickoe might know more about the status of the Mac package. I suspect it’s just the holiday season which has prevented updates.
I think just no one updated the website. I will make a PR.
I was under the impression it was moved already, but I’ll move the 5.0.2 package.
That’s a bummer about the 3d bug. I’m glad it’s fixed on nightlies. Can you file a bug on launchpad for the 3d crashes on 5.0.2 on OS X? Thanks!
Yahoo mailing lists seem to be dying in general
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