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Date:      Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:29:43 -0700
From:      "Pat Maddox" <pat@patmaddox.com>
To:        "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org>
Cc:        iio7@tutanota.com, "Freebsd Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Why do we have to wait for the next release for bug fixes?
Message-ID:  <D3E2FC06-AE01-47DC-8264-7BCBF211B4C1@patmaddox.com>
In-Reply-To: <20220412061100.cd71c9815f90ad3c9f7802d0@sohara.org>
References:  <N-R0gZ---3-2@tutanota.com> <20220412061100.cd71c9815f90ad3c9f7802d0@sohara.org>

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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



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