❦ 13 novembre 2015 11:32 +1100, Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@debian.org> : >> "To guarantee an upgrade path from stable+backports to the next >> stable, the package should be in testing.. Of course there are some >> exceptions: Security updates. If your package had a security update >> you can upload a new backport even if its not yet in testing. There >> are also some other exception for packages like the kernel, xorg or >> libreoffice." > > Perhaps what is missing is notion that new packages must be in "testing" in > order to be accepted to backports but under some circumstances (e.g. security > upgrade) existing package do not have to meet "in testing" criteria... The exception part should be just removed. As of today, the kernel, xorg or libreoffice are no exception to the rule. -- If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. -- Mark Twain
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