Re: Question about pkgsrc patches was Re: pkg/59688 (math/octave)

[Benny Siegert <bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> I am just curious trying to understand how pkgsrc release works. For
> example, is this readline patch applied to pkgsrc-current only or will
> it by applied also to pkgsrc-2025Q3 branch and a new binary package will
> be released in the repositories? I am curious about that. For example,
> if the patch is not applied to 2025Q3 many people desiring to install
> Octave package will be in trouble for a couple of months until 2025Q4
> arrives.

Normally, what is released is released.

The way changes are made in an existing release like 2025Q3 is through
"pull-ups", where a developer can ask for a commit to be pulled up to
the stable branch. Usually, pullups are filed for fixing build
failures and security issues, but they can be for important bug fixes
too.

In case of readline, I actually filed
https://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-pkgsrc.cgi?show=7008, so it will
eventually be applied to 2025Q3.

Most of the package build pipelines rerun regularly for the stable
branch, so there should also be updated binary packages at some point.

-- 
Benny