Fair, although even there I don't know if I'd call that "lots" at just 23 added or modified methods that aren't in preview

There are also bug-fixes and performance improvements that are not going to show on the page I linked.

I do think it’s plausible this is a smaller release. Not that this was the real point of the discussion, but I think it’s still just a good idea to have more than one release a year. It keeps things moving smoothly, and lowers the cost of missing a release, which has beneficial effects.