[ debian-volatile dropped ] Hi Daniel, On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:41:26PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 02:30:01PM +1100, Anand Kumria wrote: > > But that doesn't mean that we can issue an update to a stable package. > > > > Currently they are mainly done for security purposes -- but stable updates > > should not be confined to only that. They should be done to keep the > > system functional. > > > > I also think volatile is precisely the wrong place to put this kind of > > data -- it isn't part of the default apt.sources for one thing; and it > > places an extra burden on the maintainer(s) (who know have to track > > three different upgrade paths, etc.). > > > > It would be good to hear from the glibc maintainers if there are any > > issues addressing bugs such as: 345479, 351049 with an update for > > stable. > > It's not us, but the stable maintainer, that you'd have to talk to; > he has traditionally not been interested in these sorts of updates to > stable as far as I know. Well, perhaps a first start is creating the package for stable-updates; would it be easier for you if I created a diff or would you rather do it yourself? Once a package is available we can start talking to the stable release manager to see what his position is. Anand -- `When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives' -- Robert A Heinlein, "If this goes on --"
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