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Re: stable vs. testing: same versions, different status



Hi,
* Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> [2009-06-09 20:19]:
> On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:09:54 -0400 Michael S. Gilbert wrote:
[...] 
> > > Moreover, it is my understanding that a security update for stable is
> > > automatically used for testing too, whenever testing does not have any
> > > newer version of the package.
> > 
> > this is never the case.  2.6.26-15lenny3 from stable-security has and
> > will not migrate to testing, so these issues are still present in
> > squeeze.
> 
> Ah, I thought this stable-security -> testing-security migration was
> already implemented.
> Maybe having this feature could be useful!
> What do others think?

As far as I know this is done but only after a point 
release.

> BTW, when will testing security support start again?
> Back on February, I was told to wait for some 2 months...
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-tracker/2009/02/msg00011.html

We are lacking manpower. While we have people who report 
bugs we lack of people who fix bugs :)
So the honest answer is, I don't know.

Cheers
Nico
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