How come Nougat Beta does not get security patches?

[anon(123856)]

I'm running Nougat Beta 7.1.2 on my 5X and still haven't seen the February security patch. Why does Google hold them back for Beta users?

 

[Rocketsaucev2]

I'm running Nougat Beta 7.1.2 on my 5X and still haven't seen the February security patch. Why does Google hold them back for Beta users?

Google doesn't issue the security patches for the betas. The security will be updated when the next beta hits

 

[anon(123856)]

Yeah that's what I figured. Anyone know why though? I assume there must be a technical reason. Thanks.

 

[Rocketsaucev2]

Yeah that's what I figured. Anyone know why though? I assume there must be a technical reason. Thanks.

I don't think they ever really said. I was in the 7.0 nougat beta last summer and they just included security patches about 2 weeks after with a new build.

 

[Aquila]

They're on an update schedule more similar to chrome os, roughly every six weeks.

 

[anon(123856)]

OK. Thanks to both of you for the replies.

 

[LeoRex]

Yeah that's what I figured. Anyone know why though? I assume there must be a technical reason. Thanks.

Ease of support.

The mainline branch, which is 7.1.1 at the moment, is stable. The only changes getting into that branch are those in the monthly security postings. So testing can be focused on the changes in those updates. The beta branch, on the other hand, is a pretty dynamic beastie... there are merges and commits all over the place and keeping that working AND merging in changes for the security updates is a pretty big drain on resources.

So Google releases the beta with a relatively up to date security patch level and then leaves it until the next beta build gets cut some point down the road.

 

[Aquila]

Ease of support.

The mainline branch, which is 7.1.1 at the moment, is stable. The only changes getting into that branch are those in the monthly security postings. So testing can be focused on the changes in those updates. The beta branch, on the other hand, is a pretty dynamic beastie... there are merges and commits all over the place and keeping that working AND merging in changes for the security updates is a pretty big drain on resources.

So Google releases the beta with a relatively up to date security patch level and then leaves it until the next beta build gets cut some point down the road.

Which is scheduled generally every six weeks.

 

[anon(123856)]

Ease of support.

The mainline branch, which is 7.1.1 at the moment, is stable. The only changes getting into that branch are those in the monthly security postings. So testing can be focused on the changes in those updates. The beta branch, on the other hand, is a pretty dynamic beastie... there are merges and commits all over the place and keeping that working AND merging in changes for the security updates is a pretty big drain on resources.

So Google releases the beta with a relatively up to date security patch level and then leaves it until the next beta build gets cut some point down the road.

I was thinking it was something along those lines. Thanks for the explanation.