Dear Drupal developers who manage contributions on drupal.org... As you've probably noticed, when you create a release node for your contribution(s), there's a "Release type" vocabulary where you can select from a few terms: Security update Bug fixes New features You're supposed to use this to indicate what kind of release your node represents, to give users of your contribution a sense of if they want to install it or not. For example, if you're adding new features, you should say so, since some users might not want to upgrade something that's potentially unstable and might break their sites, etc. However, if you mark a release node a "Security update", that has a bunch of other side effects and implications, so please only do so if your release is actually fixing a security problem: 1) The release node will not be published once the packaging script creates the tarball. This is so that the security team can verify the release does in fact address a security problem, that the draft of the security announcement (SA) is ready to be published, etc. See this issue for more info: http://drupal.org/node/153973 2) Once a "Security update" release node is published, the Update status module (now in D6 core) will freak out on every site running your module, with big nasty red warnings and emails (if so configured) about the fact that the site is insecure and needs to be updated immediately. 3) Everyone subscribed to the "Security updates" RSS feed will get pinged that there's another security release. ... Therefore, a "Security update" release is a *BIG DEAL*. You need to coordinate with the security team to make sure an SA goes out with your release, all of your users are going to get nasty warnings and scare tactics to try to get them to update ASAP, etc. So, if you don't mean it, please do *NOT* use this taxonomy term. If you do, you use up the precious resources of the security team (and/or d.o infrastructure team) to investigate your release node, clear the bogus term, manually publish it for you, etc, etc. Thanks, -Derek (dww)