Jeremy Davis's picture

FWIW the fix has already been applied to the appliance code. It's that the updated appliance (from the fixed code) has not yet been released.

Using TKLDev, I could build an updated ISO right now (and it'd be ready in about 10 minutes I reckon...) But the problem is that I don't have the 'keys' to SourceForge nor access to the rest of the build infrastructure (to create all the different build types).

Bottom line is that it doesn't take 6 mths to release one new appliance. But historically updated appliances have only been released as a batch (i.e. the whole library). And taking care of all bugfixes and maintenance requirements at once can take a bit of time...

However I think that your critique is valid. I think that something needs to change here in the way appliances (especially ones with 'showstopper' bugs - even if the fix is easy) are released...

Personally I would like to see 'micro' versions (e.g. 13.0.1) released out of band for appliances with 'showstopper' bugs. I think that we should see if we can make that happen following the released of TurnKey v13.1!