Re: hdparm_9.56+ds-1~bpo9+1_amd64.changes REJECTED
On 05/14/2018 04:20 PM, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Mon, 14 May 2018 at 15:34:14 +0200, Alex Mestiashvili wrote:
>> The main reason for the backport is annoying bug #891051 and the changes
>> between the version in stretch and testing include mostly bugfixes.
>> So in my humble opinion hdparm is a perfect candidate for
>> stretch-backports especially due to it's wide use.
>
> If the bugfixes are non-intrusive and have a low risk of regressions,
> please talk to the release team about the possibility of a stable update
> (stretch-proposed-updates -> stretch) by reporting a bug against the
> release.debian.org pseudo-package. #891051 looks like something that
> could be in a stable update, for instance.
>
> The goal for stable updates is to fix important bugs that have simple
> solutions, keeping the (risk of regressions * expected severity of
> regressions) small. This usually means backporting selected fixes to
> the version in stable, but can sometimes include new upstream releases
> if you'd be selecting most of the upstream changes anyway.
>
> The backports suites are mostly for new features, and bugfixes that
> are too intrusive/high-risk/behaviour-modifying to be reasonable for a
> stable update. (If some of the changes between stretch and testing are
> too intrusive for a stable update then it might still make sense to do
> a backport as well.)
>
> smcv
>
Fully agree, thank you for such a reasonable answer! I'll try to get the
stable version with patch for #891051 into stable.
Backporting also makes sense as the new releases add Jmicron SATA-USB
bridge support.
Alex
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