Autodesk has squeezed in another release of Maya 2018 before Maya 2019, which would normally have been released a few months ago if it followed the usual release schedule. Maya 2018.5 features several bug fixes as listed in the online release notes.
Maya 2018.5 released
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minor bug fixing… this looks like Softimage last days
Maya EOL
Maya EOL? LOL…what exactly do you think the CGI industry would move to instead? Not gonna happen.