Re: backports exception for virtualbox?

[Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de>]

On 12/12/2016 03:37 PM, Rhonda D'Vine wrote:
> * Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofborg@debian.org> [2016-12-12 14:27:43 CET]:
>>> I fear we can't do this exception.  And while I abssolutely understand
>>> that there is actual need for that (we are using virtualbox at work too,
>>> so I'm cutting myself here), I am sorry but backports is not the place
>>> for that.
>>
>> ough, I was mostly sure there were already some packages under special
>> exceptions (I think security/release team(s) told me their names but I don't remember
>> right now)
> 
>  I'm not really aware of any such.

I believe the only exception is linux-grsec, see
https://lists.debian.org/<20160322122208.GH4444@formorer.de>
and responses. (See also the complete thread for arguments on
both sides.)

There are both similarities and differences to the virtualbox
case.

Regards,
Christian