Hallo Florian, On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 12:37:24AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > Look at the Mozilla version in stable, and the issues surrounding it, > and you will understand.
Yes, actually I really think that backporting is not possible nor effective in a lot of situations. And yes you are right, a new Upstream Version needs Soaking. However this discussion is therefore quite theoretical, I see currently nearly no way for any major update to slip into stable. Too much core maintainers would object. It is more likely the software is removed on an revision. (and i am not sure it that is a "good" solution, especially for commonly used programs) Mozilla is a quite interesting subject to study: It might break a lot of stuff if upgraded (due to the libs), and it is extremly complicated to backport the fixes (since no patch list is available). And even If (or especially when!) debian developers succeed in fixing all the bugs by backporting, the user would be frustrated by having to live with outdated versions. (I think this is true for most "productvity applications" and less true for server apps where a conservative patching means sense and is more common upstream anyway. (and less complicated to backport single fixes)). This is somewhat the "microsoft problem" - gui software and multi function packagaes are simply not sanely maintainable. Gruss Bernd -- (OO) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ( .. ) [EMAIL PROTECTED],linux.de,debian.org} http://www.eckes.org/ o--o 1024D/E383CD7E [EMAIL PROTECTED] v:+497211603874 f:+497211606754 (O____O) When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]