Re: upstream bugs
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:57, Tommaso Moroni wrote:
> I'm maintaining two Debian packages and both have an upstream bug, which
> I've already reported to the upstream authors. The bug fixes will be
> included in the next upstream release.
> My question is:
> Should I wait for a new upstream release or should I apply the fixes to the
> current packages to get rid of those bugs as soon as possible?
Always fix bugs as soon as possible. If we waited for upstream fixes on
everything then almost nothing would ever get fixed.
Adding new features is OK too, as long as it's done in an intelligent fashion.
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