Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?)
On Tuesday 28 May 2019 08:34:37 am Erik Christiansen wrote:
> On 28.05.19 08:02, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Monday 27 May 2019 11:18:49 pm Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> writes:
> > > Your version (1.14.6-2) of network-manager appears to be out of
> > > date. The following newer release(s) are available in the Debian
> > > archive: experimental: 1.18.0-1
> > > Please try to verify if the bug you are about to report is already
> > > addressed by these releases. Do you still want to file a report
> > > [y|N|q|?]?
> >
> > And this exposes something in debian's policy I object to, as
> > strenuously as I can. A newer version may well fix the bug, but its
> > never given to the users until they upgrade to the next release, and
> > that brings a never shrinking list of new bugs.
>
> Gene, you're just too shy and retiring. In such a case, if
> experimental is not your cup of tea, why not conclude "It needs to be
> fixed in stable.", and hit 'y' to still file a report. After all,
> until it's backported to stable, it's still an outstanding bug.
Which we are still suffering from.
> That said, one could upgrade just that one package, and try it out. If
> it is fixed, you're on a winner then and there. "Fixed" beats
> "reported", as you can get on with the next issue.
>
> Erik
A great idea Erik. What then is the deb line in sources.list to enable
that? Thats what I was alluding to when I said inner circle.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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