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Wait... Was it not released yet? RC1 came out probably more than a month ago
Then came RC2 and RC3.
Just because it entered RC phase doesn't mean it won't take long to release. It's not unlikely that a lot of bugs and problems could have been reported in the RC phase, specially for such a big changelog in a popular program that many people are likely to be interested to test during the RC phase.
To be honest, I expected it would take at least 4 months (specially given how it took them years to reach this far). I'm pleasantly surprised that it was this fast.