Re: Using 'release' to process a bugfix ->stable
Greetings, and thanks so much for the information! What do I do about
bug reports against stable that are fixed in unstable? I suppose I
can close them and mark them done? These bugs really aren't serious
enough to warrant bothering the release manager.
Thanks again!
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:
>
> Hi,
> >>"Camm" == Camm Maguire <camm@enhanced.com> writes:
>
> Camm> Greetings! I've fixed a few bugs in the package I maintain,
> Camm> but all released versions are going into slink/unstable.
>
> This is by design. Once stable has been released, it is not
> meant to be changed unless there are major security holes in th
> package. In other words, only things that affect the system as a
> whole are fxed; individual packages do not carry enough weight.
>
> Camm> Is there a way I cn get release to mark the new package as a
> Camm> bug-fix update targeted for hamm/stable?
>
> Sure. Convince the release manager that the fixes are
> important enough to go into stable (which means that a new point
> release some time soon).
>
> The best way to do this is to convince people on -devel first,
> and only then go for the release manager.
>
> It is not easy to put changes into stable by design.
>
> manoj
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