Bug#1037221: [Emc-developers] Bug#1037221: linuxcnc: Prepared to support Bullseye version for 3-4 years?
> On 10 Jun 2023, at 16:34, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > [Andy Pugh] >> I don't fully understand the question. > > The purpose of my question is to make sure the project understand the > current version in Debian Testing is the one that will be around in > Debian for the duration of Debian 12 Bookworm Is there really no opportunity to push an updated version at this point? I suppose we can always point users at our own repository if they want the new stuff (like the Mesa modbus driver)
Bug#1037221: [Emc-developers] Bug#1037221: linuxcnc: Prepared to support Bullseye version for 3-4 years?
[Andy Pugh] > I don't fully understand the question. The purpose of my question is to make sure the project understand the current version in Debian Testing is the one that will be around in Debian for the duration of Debian 12 Bookworm, and not be surprised by the need to keep it working and secure for some years to come. I just found https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide > which seem to have some useful information for upstream projects. The update policy for stable as expressed on https://release.debian.org/ > is "Fast response for security updates. Minor updates include security and other important fixes only." > But we still support LinuxCNC 2.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 so I don't think > that there is any question that we are in it for the long haul. Very good. :) -- Vennlig hilsen Petter Reinholdtsen
Bug#1037221: [Emc-developers] Bug#1037221: linuxcnc: Prepared to support Bullseye version for 3-4 years?
On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 at 15:18, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > Is the linuxcnc community prepared to support the linuxcnc edition > currently in Debian Bullseye for 3-4 years? I don't fully understand the question. But we still support LinuxCNC 2.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 so I don't think that there is any question that we are in it for the long haul. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912
Bug#1037221: [Emc-developers] Bug#1037221: linuxcnc: Prepared to support Bullseye version for 3-4 years?
On 6/8/23 02:01, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
Package: linuxcnc
Version: 2.9.0~pre1+git20230208.f1270d6ed7-1
Is the linuxcnc community prepared to support the linuxcnc edition
currently in Debian Bullseye for 3-4 years? In other words, willing and
able to fix any security issues or other fatal problems with the package
in a timely maner?
I willing to put some effort into this.
The current version of LinuxCNC in Debian is a pre-release
("2.9.0~pre1..."). Many new fixes have gone in to our 2.9 branch since
that upstream tarball was made, and undoubtedly more patches will come
over the 3-4 years that Bookworm will be active.
What is Debian's policy for how we are to fix problems with our package
in the Debian stable release, specifically: when is it ok to update the
upstream tarball to a newer 2.9 snapshot vs when must we backport
specific bugfix commits and place them in debian/patches?
--
Sebastian Kuzminsky
