Re: how to get a bug in backports fixed?
> On 19 May 2017, at 06:56, Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.de> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I was told recently on this ML that debian backports is not
> the right place to fix bugs. I wonder what is the correct
> procedure to request a bug fix for a package in backports, if
> there is a fix in Stretch testing? Hope somebody notices? Try
> to do a new backport on your own? Not install backports at all?
The message is typically that backports is not the right place to fix bugs *in the stable distribution it relates to*, rather than that backports which are themselves buggy should not be fixed.
Notwithstanding recent discussions on this list about changing bug handling for backports, I believe this is still the place to report issues where either the bug is introduced by the backporting itself, or has been fixed in a newer non-bpo package.
If the bug affects the current package in one of the non-bpo dists then it should be reported against that package in the main bug tracker.
Dominic
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