v7.18.2 [stable] is released!

[wrkq]

Thank you for pointing this out. I have noticed these “duplicates” before, but the one regarding the device-mode CPU fix particularly caught my attention, as I had already reported this bug to Mikrotik and tested the fix in version 7.17.2. Could someone clarify why identical changelog items are listed multiple times, especially within the same stable branch? Does this serve a specific purpose? This way of presenting changelogs can be confusing for users who are upgrading. For instance, someone concerned about device mode might think the fix is only in 7.18 and choose to upgrade unnecessarily, even though it was already resolved in 7.17.2.

Kinda related to the discussion we had over there: Why are threads for previous major releases being locked?

Short version:

• 7.17 released, developers start working on 7.18 dev/alpha/beta
• bug is discovered, fixed in 7.18 dev, fix is put in changelog of 7.18 as “fixed after 7.17”
• bug is decided to be important enough and easy-to-backport enough, it is backported into a hotfix for 7.17
• hotfix 7.17.2 released, including fix, so fix is put in a changelog

Think of the hotfix “third number” versions as branching to the sides of the main development train, so needing their own changelogs.
7.18.nothirdnumber comes after 7.17.nothirdnumber, not after 7.17.2.