Counting from the moment the fix is made/committed to when it *needs* to be into a release. * security: few hours if possible, less than 2~3 days at worst * show-stopper: few hours to less than 7 days at worst * bugfix: 2 weeks ~ 1 month * "fix typo": 6 months, 1 year at worst Ultimately all changes should be released after a year to avoid ending with a gap between the release and version-control. And not all are released immediately to avoid tagging releases too frequently.