September is the 9th month of the year and Otober is the 10th, you know.
1. If 0.18 is going to be released this month - I don't think so, btw - then, it's a 5 months' update BECAUSE they started to work on it at the beginning of December. YES, THEY STARTED WORKING ON 0.18 in December, dudes: deal with it.
2. As far as I know, they're going to make a 0.18.5... how much work on it? 2 months?
3. He said 0.19 is going to be longer than 0.18, therefore it will take more than 5 months.
1 + 2+ 3 = 0.19 will be released in 2020. Most likely.
Anyway, you talked about "faith"... so, dear DC's worshippers, keep believing what you want to believe: I couldn't care less.