Re: Backporting new minor versions

[Stephen Gelman <ssgelm@gmail.com>]

I believe the idea is that you shouldn’t backport in cases where the
version in testing is not noticeably different from stable, but once
you have an existing backport you should expect to continue to update
it as it gets updated in testing.

Stephen
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 5:02 PM Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi backporters,
>
> https://backports.debian.org/Contribute/#index7h3 tells me
>
>   Don't backport minor version changes without any user visible
>   changes or bugfixes.
>
> But https://backports.debian.org/Contribute/#index5h3 tells me
>
>   Update your backport when a new version enters testing.
>
> Which is right?  If a new minor version enters testing, should I
> backport it or not?  Is the first quote about whether to make a
> backport in the first place and the second about when to update the
> backport?
>
> Actually, when would this come up?  When does a package bump version
> number without changing user-visible behavior?
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>