1.9 Hype? – The Combat Update

Link: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/1.9

Trivia: (As of 9th September 2015)

This is now the longest wait for a major update to Minecraft, with 372 days now having elapsed since the release of 1.8 on September 2, 2014.
—> Until this point, the longest waits had been those between 1.7.2 and 1.8 (312 days), and between 1.2.1 and 1.3.1 (153 days).

This has also been the longest span of time between the release of a major update to Minecraft and a snapshot for the next major update, with 330 days having elapsed between the release of 1.8 on September 2, 2014, and 15w31a on July 29, 2015.
—> Until this point, the longest waits had been those between 1.7.2 and 14w02a (76 days), between 1.4.2 and 13w01a (70 days), and between 1.6.1 and 13w36a (66 days).