Re: How long a backport must be maintained is not documented
Hi Karl,
On 6 March 2016 at 16:54, Karl O. Pinc <kop@meme.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looking at http://backports.debian.org/Contribute/,
> especially the section "Some important note",
> there seems to be no documentation on how long
> a backport must be maintained. The possible
> options are:
>
> Until the next stable release.
>
> Until long term support runs out.
>
> Forever.
>
> It would be good to let people know how long backports
> are maintained.
There's an item at the "Basic Rules" section[1] which says:
"Before uploading please think about how useful the package is for
stable users and if you want to support the package until support for
the distribution you uploaded ends."
Which one can argue that it is not explicit, but is pretty
straightforward to understand that you should not upload a backport if
the answer for the second question is "no".
A note regarding LTS support would be nice, mostly because not all
packages nor architectures are have long term support.
Regards,
Tiago.
[1]: http://backports.debian.org/Contribute/#index7h3
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