In <[🔎] AANLkTimUp8B_YNec1KUC9p_g2wKQ0RLtHFZ5UL9gCKw7@mail.gmail.com>, Stefan Ott wrote: >I have a small question: I'm aware that Debian is currently frozen, >thus no new features can be added to squeeze. However, I maintain a >package [1] (I'm also the upstream maintainer) which has an annoying >but non-critical bug. The package is a parser for TV show episode >information and one of the sources recently changed some minor detail >in their data which messes up my tool's output. > >I just released a new upstream version [2] which fixes that bug (and >that bug only) and don't really like the idea of shipping a buggy >version of my package with squeeze, thus I'm wondering whether it's >possible to have a fixed version included in squeeze (probably not) or >if I should aim at squeeze-backports or volatile (since the package >depends on volatile external data). If the upstream diff is small, it only fixes bugs, and the package a relatively few reverse-Depends, the chance the release team will allow the new package to enter testing is large. In any case, such a small, bugfix-only diff would be appropriate for unstable, even if it isn't ultimately approved for entering testing. The "freeze" before release is more of a "slush" compared to what happens after release. Imagine the consternation of releasing git-core in 5.0.6 for i386 with a grave bug that wasn't in 5.0.5 -- it can't be fixed in the core stable repository until 5.0.7 is released. (The fix is relegated to s-p-u, security, volatile, etc.) See bug 595728. :P -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part.