Re: Upgrading stable postgresql to 7.2.4

[Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>]

Martin Pitt wrote:
> > I don't know what the actual policy they apply regarding what kinds
> > of bugfixes can go in such an update looks like; however, if it is
> > (more or less) the same as the one Debian applies to stable updates
> > (i.e., only patches to fix security holes, bugs that make the thing
> > useless or mostly so, bugs that might cause data loss/corruption,
> > or bugs that might break unrelated packages and/or the whole
> > system)
>
> AFAIUI they primarily deal with data corruption, but maybe Peter (one
> of PostgreSQL's upstreams and Debian applicant) can clarify some
> things here.

There is no enumerated policy, but the practice over the years shows 
that the rules are more or less the same.

The suggestions about backports.org miss the point.  We don't want to 
force users to upgrade to the latest feature releases.  We want users 
to use the latest bug fix releases that were made for the specific 
purpose of eliminating the important problems in a previous feature 
release without changing any functionality.  I think if you trust 
random people on the net to write your software then you should also 
pay attention to those people's judgements about what bug fixes are 
necessary.