Re: do we have a potato box?
>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Lynch <jim@laney.edu> writes:
Jim> Not knowing what the package is, I would think a program
Jim> itself segfaulting is not sufficient to allow
Jim> uploading. Here's an example of something that is serious
Jim> enough: login segfaults when invoked, hence preventing anyone
Jim> from logging in. Another, a problem in the dynamic libc
Jim> causes every program that calls pwd() to segfault. So you
Jim> see, the problem would have to be systemic.
Even if it makes the package in question unusable?
(in this case, too, it seems that upgrading X in stable is a risky
operation, especially if it breaks other packages.).
--
Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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