On 30.03.2017 12:26, Paul Hammant wrote: >> Eh? Patch release changelogs get written when the patch is released. > I'm not following what you're saying there.
The fact that there's no entry for 1.9.6 in CHANGES does not mean that 1.9.6 will not be released, nor does it mean that the hash collision related fixes won't be backported. The changelog is updated as part of the patch release process, not before. -- Brane