Re: How do we usually act when a security update breaks functionality?
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 10:14:02AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> Hi,
>
> starting with kdebase_2.2.2-14.2, klipper's url grabber doesn't
> substitute %s any more, making the feature completely unuseable. This
> is documented in #178407.
>
> What is our policy in that matter? How do we act when a security
> update breaks functionality without adding a new security hole? Does
> this warrant a corrected security package?
I seem to remember having to fight for it a bit, but groff 1.15.2-3
fixed functionality broken by the security update 1.15.2-2. There's
certainly plenty of precedent for this.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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