From nobody Tue Apr 12 04:27:28 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6371B1A21D8D for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 04:27:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from iio7@tutanota.com) Received: from w1.tutanota.de (w1.tutanota.de [81.3.6.162]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mail.tutanota.de", Issuer "Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Kct415j73z3vcR for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 04:27:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from iio7@tutanota.com) Received: from w3.tutanota.de (unknown [192.168.1.164]) by w1.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0A2CFBF5A6 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 04:27:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1649737648; s=s1; d=tutanota.com; h=From:From:To:To:Subject:Subject:Content-Description:Content-ID:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date:Date:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:Sender; bh=om/ZNrJTvtcYW63wJdHl5p/UeMaB1YkHEXpYlvM/r/4=; b=C9fLGZSCDEKtAWg0wbQHZlSNcQKDQGmCY9zydRDv6Al54yHjRvMc919jIcuIj1H/ i72C7Ubg0ZnCNgLlvP/uXHFbSom21bTxEOSRDED1ItwxtlubmZTh424KgesqSPTGAnj P3CA3k0ULqJUoN5kc8URMs/GNAe0ZqUsa8vEn+rwwjQnRkXMnTOK0xaR+H9/CIJLjlq UyRvUMR+SY44liIilyvfUgfs9eXp0bUHtGleGE2IXnfQ3BClHCnXWtiDmyfJ/yk9I1F KUfo2Z8XFScxJJLyO9BEDsROApeSOJ+Aav4E+g9F9FzjO6axMyNAR3LLePgtMbVQskr 3npVZEd9dA== Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 06:27:28 +0200 (CEST) From: iio7@tutanota.com To: Freebsd Questions Message-ID: Subject: Why do we have to wait for the next release for bug fixes? List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Kct415j73z3vcR X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=tutanota.com header.s=s1 header.b=C9fLGZSC; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=tutanota.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of iio7@tutanota.com designates 81.3.6.162 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=iio7@tutanota.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.00 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[tutanota.com:s=s1]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(0.00)[81.3.6.162:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:81.3.6.160/28]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[tutanota.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[tutanota.com,quarantine]; FROM_NO_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:24679, ipnet:81.3.0.0/18, country:DE]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N So I have noticed that a bunch of fixes that goes into current or stable is not backported to release so that FreeBSD can be updated with the freebsd-update tool, rather one has to wait until the next 13.x release in order to get the fixes, or manually patch and compile the kernel. I don't understand this part at all! Why are all bug fixes not errata'd so that users can update their systems with freebsd-update without having to manually patch the kernel or wait until next release of RELEASE, which can be quite a long wait. -- Sent with Tutanota, the secure & ad-free mailbox.