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On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 12:41:06PM +0000, Ashok Raj wrote:

> OR
> 
> The release missed specifying a min-rev before release, accidently even
> though its actually removing a feature? That would be in the bug category.
> 
> Release should have validation tests to cover all known feature bits and
> such and check for any misses after an update as part of the qual process.

This; it would be very unfortunate if this ever happened.