* Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> [110822 23:51]: > Michael Prokop <mika@debian.org> (22/08/2011): > > * Adam D. Barratt [Mon Aug 22, 2011 at 07:11:08PM +0100]: > > > Looking at the procps source package in unstable, it appears to have the > > > same issue. If that's the case, then I'm afraid your question should > > > really have been "what's the proper way to address this issue in > > > unstable and subsequently in squeeze". > > > > Sure, but fixing the package in unstable doesn't modify the > > behaviour within the stable release, which was the rationale behind > > my question towards the issue in squeeze. :) > > The way to fix packages in stable is to fix them in unstable, wait for > the fix to be tested well enough (reaching testing is usually a good > indicator), polished if needed; then backported to stable. Hence Adam's > reply. I don't see us going to fix this in stable; I'll see if I can come up with a reliable patch for unstable, but that's it. -- christian hofstaedtler
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