Re: Why do we have to wait for the next release for bug fixes?

In reply to: Steve O'Hara-Smith : "Re: Why do we have to wait for the next release for bug fixes?"
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From: Pat Maddox <pat_at_patmaddox.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:29:43 UTC

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