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volatile Suitability for Protocol Updates



A recent thread on -user [1], and bug #565572 [2], have piqued my
curiosity. Would the volatile archive be appropriate for fixing issues
similar to what is described at those two links?

On the page for volatile [3], it states:

    Some packages aim at fast moving targets, such as spam filtering and
    virus scanning

This quote seems to imply that volatile is _not_ the proper place for
package updates to fix protocol-change issues. In theory, protocols
don't change often (aren't "fast moving targets" and in fact the
protocol mentioned in [1,2] has only changed three times in my entire
time using said protocol.

Though, my reading of another part of that same paragraph seems to imply
that it is indeed the appropriate location:

    So debian-volatile will only contain changes to stable programs that
    are necessary to keep them functional.

[#include closed-protocol-rant.txt]

As of 2010-01-17 06:56 UTC, I am not subscribed to the list, so if you
reply before, say, about 7:15, please CC me.

Thanks in advance.

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/12/msg00583.html
[2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565572
[3] http://www.debian.org/volatile/

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