Re: do we have a potato box?
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 12:42:09PM -0500, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > In general, you cannot upload to stable, unless (1) the package is essential,
> > (2) the bug is very serious and (3) you have been given permission by the
> > release manager. Generally, a release will -never- get new code.
>
> OK... how serious is "serious"? This bug makes the program segfault upon
> startup -- is that serious enough to justify uploading to stable? (The bug
> appeared with the new XFree86 libraries in Potato r2.)
It segfaults under any conditions, the library breaks it in all cases?
> However, since this bug will affect all users of r2 who use the package,
> I'd like to upload it to stable, if at all possible.
FWIW I agree with that attitude.
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