On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 09:51:02 -0400 Jim Popovitch <j...@k4vqc.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2020-04-19 at 09:43 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > > Why is reportbug even in Stable? Why not just replace it with a script that > > says "Sorry, bugs in Stable are never fixed. Try Testing." Seriously, that's > > literally the Debian policy, that only security fixes are done in Stable. > > I agree with your sentiments, but need to point out that some > applications are updated regularly in stable (Firefox-ESR is one that > comes to mind), and there are regular point-releases that contain > updates. To clarify: the official absolute assertion that: "Once a Debian version is released and tagged `stable' it will only get security updates. That is, only packages for which a security vulnerability has been found after the release will be upgraded." [1] is not quite accurate - point releases also fix "important bugs in the current release." [2] Additionally, it's not always clear what constitutes a security vulnerability. In any event, a quick browsing of (for example) the most recent (10.3) point release notice shows that numerous bugs that aren't necessarily security vulnerabilities have indeed been fixed. [3] [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/getting-debian.en.html#updatestable [2] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases/PointReleases [3] https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200208 Celejar