On Sat, 2022-07-23 at 09:04 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > what is Debian's policy wrt bugs reported for a package in Stable (e.g. > some daemon eating up 100% CPU)? Looking at the "Closes:" feature for > debian/changelog I have the impression that a fix in Unstable is seen > to be sufficient "to get rid" of the bug report. > > Surely "Closes:" is very convenient, but wouldn't you agree that this > puts the users of Stable at a disadvantage?
As a rule, the Stable release is stable, i.e. unchanging and doesn't receive bug fixes except for serious security issues. Though some very serious bugs do get fixed in Stable point releases too, I don't know what criteria such updates need to meet. I expect that it's the release team that makes the final decision. -- Tixy
