Bug#865971: stable-pu: package tbdialout/1.7.2-2
On 27/06/17 08:54, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On 2017-06-27 7:14, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>> I'm planning a blog about the click-to-dial capabilities of various
>> packages in stretch (Firefox, Thunderbird, Evolution) and I'd prefer to
>> do that after this update becomes available to users. Can this be made
>> available in stretch-updates or will it need to wait for the next point
>> release?
>
> I'm struggling to see how a normal severity bug in a browser extension
> qualifies for stable-updates.
If I understand the policy correctly, stable-updates is suitable for
data (rather than code) changes. This update changes one byte of
configuration data and no code.
I changed the severity of the bug to important because without the fix,
every user who installs the package has to visit the preferences screen,
but with the fix, most users can apt install the package and it just
works immediately.
>
>> Do I need to specify stretch-updates as the distribution in
>> the changelog?
>
> No. For one thing, that's not how stable-updates works, and even if you
> did then the upload should end up in the pu-new queue anyway and then p-u.
>
OK, thanks. Please just let me know when you make a final decision
about the upload and I'm happy to revise it again if necessary.
Regards,
Daniel
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