Planning for Drupal 8.1.x, 8.2.x, and our future together

At this point in the Drupal 8 cycle, we have a cohesive group of highly dedicated core developers. These contributors are currently focused on the critical and major issues that block a stable 8.0.0 release.

The release will one day come (I promise), and we'll all take a long, well-deserved break. But after that, what comes next?

There will be plenty of bugs to squash in 8.0.1, and the long list of major bugs to sift through. But what about 8.1.x, 8.2.x, and beyond? How can we continue keep up this incredible teamwork and momentum? Will we, as a group, decide to focus on specific goals, or will we return to pushing forward pet issues instead of major backwards-compatible improvements? And how can we loop in more contributors, new and old, to make sense of a post-release frenzy?

Let's get together in Barcelona to discuss who, how, and what the future of 8.1.x will hold.