I mentioned point releases over here Development and release process - changes to stable branches (apologies for cross posting if that isn’t allowed), but this seems to be the more relevant thread.
So we have a case now where the much improved mqtt support in 2.4 actually doesn’t work with Homie devices after an OH restart - MQTT 2.4 binding: Items go to UNDEF after reboot. I understand that the whole build system has seen significant changes due to ESH being phased out, but the fix for Homie devices is already in master and seems like probably the most important fix to get out.
Is it realistic to get such changes backported to 2.4.1 and a release cut? I am sure there are plenty of people who would very much prefer to stay on stable but still get fixes in.