Problems with security updates (was: Surpassing Microsoft quality)
> Now, I have awaken because of bug 372719. Wine crashes, OpenOffice.org
> 2.0 crashes upon saving a document. The bug was introduced in
> "security update" of libfreetype. Identification of problem was quick
> in OpenOffice.org community, and also in Debian. Just apply the next
> security update that will fix the bug.
>
> Not that easy. It's 2 months now and bug still there.
Dear Mgr Tuharsky,
The Debian bug tracking system contains pseudo-packages to report such
problems to the relevant persons. For your case, the pseudo-package is
"security.debian.org".
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=security.debian.org
By sending your message directly to a wider audience, you give the
impression that its purpose is to ashame the responsible persons, not to
inform them, especially as you added remarks about abandonning Debian
because of you are not satisfied of the quality of their work.
In the meantime before the breakage is resolved, please note the
workaround published in the bug you cited.
Best regards,
--
Charles Plessy
http://charles.plessy.org
Wako, Saitama, Japan
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