>Does anybody know why the update is announced a couple of days in advance? For server operators to be prepared. (And I would prefer if they would narrow the t

>Does anybody know why the update is announced a couple of days in advance? For server operators to be prepared. (And I would prefer if they would narrow the timescales more for that.) >Are e.g. maintainers of corresponding packages in Linux distros or *BSD given access to the code ahead of time so they can build new packages? Yes, but that doesn't require a public announcement.