From nobody Tue Apr 12 15:29:43 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 9844B11D325C for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:29:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pat@patmaddox.com) Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com (out5-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) (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 did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Kd8mH63jGz3w13 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:29:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pat@patmaddox.com) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id B73255C0282; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:29:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:29:45 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=patmaddox.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:date:from :from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm3; t=1649777385; x= 1649863785; bh=j+0gute40rmvRf6iDEude17KW6oDJ4oCJVorrJivLFA=; b=q HVqegjTFqgqRYmKW8lB1rYH/EVPToq6PGVeElNHeaAt5+mBvAb9grVkLqQTyvUOo OfZv8dUtm+IKGDuSHFsYi3EIKnhWmCKfoH6Ae/IUcILuSNOFvOCMj/shv/OIyfG9 Tw8EFA0cIbmdu7hYWiE8xC2Ws2P4LfqWNyqmLcFAdvZL3zdxQzPQB2AgTPZNQC/o C+4lauHT12+x0qN1L0k+0kTShYxAIqKgiw2aHga5Q6YI7sDOW6JWCc3CcLHix36Z o5LNLzVzQsqyTU1/nrFlZ6E41pLaluLwvdUoOSfYS/sxmtgjaxXwxN2jhcKGZP4K KatnSrBHFNPipusI5epCQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:date:date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:sender:subject :subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; t=1649777385; x=1649863785; bh=j+0gute40rmvR f6iDEude17KW6oDJ4oCJVorrJivLFA=; b=jfrSOda4coukdu/z6d6Gkd7Kc6dR3 Q7nyAljeaXbwv85vmWGGexRNlBsod0domstbGwEOZopOq1yGJYNT/emWrr2Cp4Uj I0cG2b+0lZZTTmIGS8iS6R6pP9NPMx5Hp86ED+eWbodBaikgrObBfyuMzpf6WuDT FsDGBf0SHXlv0ekuEHScP4VX+wDqLM4bXGpZgtWY8UNwFvhl9EAXzYbi3rjE2DbR 42lSG2k4mMRrE5p+koXCm+d0BClXMpDOgxywAvRv6Z6rtR4CjRHw1C4Qm1kWRreO YaF2u/+YsYBolWzS1TVNh94OCcXttobWuE4a0FIG/YKDgmKLL5dsiTVuQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvvddrudekkedgkeekucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvufffoffkjghfgggtgfesthekmhdtredtjeenucfhrhhomhepfdfrrght ucforgguughogidfuceophgrthesphgrthhmrgguughogidrtghomheqnecuggftrfgrth htvghrnhepieefheekgeegfeehheffieejffetfefgudetleeiveetveevhffhudekledt tefhnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepph grthesphgrthhmrgguughogidrtghomh X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:29:45 -0400 (EDT) From: "Pat Maddox" To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" Cc: iio7@tutanota.com, "Freebsd Questions" Subject: Re: Why do we have to wait for the next release for bug fixes? Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:29:43 -0700 X-Mailer: MailMate (1.13.2r5673) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20220412061100.cd71c9815f90ad3c9f7802d0@sohara.org> References: <20220412061100.cd71c9815f90ad3c9f7802d0@sohara.org> 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"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Kd8mH63jGz3w13 X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=patmaddox.com header.s=fm3 header.b="q HVqegj"; dkim=pass header.d=messagingengine.com header.s=fm3 header.b=jfrSOda4; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of pat@patmaddox.com designates 66.111.4.29 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=pat@patmaddox.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.60 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[patmaddox.com:s=fm3,messagingengine.com:s=fm3]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[pat]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:66.111.4.29]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[patmaddox.com]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[messagingengine.com:dkim]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[patmaddox.com:+,messagingengine.com:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-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:19151, ipnet:66.111.4.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[66.111.4.29:from] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 11 Apr 2022, at 22:11, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > Patches to release branches in freebsd-update also receive > careful testing to maintain this quality - fortunately they are > focused and > do not require the entire panoply of release testing but even so the > work > involved is substantial. When a patch is selected for RELEASE, what’s the process for testing and releasing it? Is there a patch-level RC, e.g. 13.0p1234-RC1 that gets tested and promoted? Pat