(BTW, Greg does 2.6.x.y as well). What you are missing is that it is notYep,sorry for forgetting Greg ;-) I meant testing maintenance(applying bug fixes etc.), of course not testing by yourself.
Greg and I who are doing the bulk of testing for 2.6.x.y. It's the entire
community, and adding additional stage to the tail or the release cycle
will not increase testing coverage. History shows it'll just postpone it.