On 2022-07-23 09:29:33 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Sometimes, the only way to fix security bugs is to use a newer upstream
> version. The Debian teams try hard to avoid it, but it has happened
> before, and it will happen again.
Yes, they did that with firefox in the past, with a major conseque
On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 11:34:45AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
> > Then why "nvidia-driver" in Stable was switched from previous "460.91.03-1"
> > version to "470.129.06-6~deb11u1"?
>
>
> https://tracker.debian.org/news/1345038/accepted-nvidia-graphics-drivers-4
Hi,
i wrote:
> > Well, "stable" means old software with old bugs. Those who want the new
> > bugs, which are introduced by fixing the old ones, have to run something
> > else.
Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
> Then why "nvidia-driver" in Stable was switched from previous "460.91.03-1"
> version to
On 23.07.2022 12:39, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Hi,
Surely "Closes:" is very convenient, but wouldn't you agree that this
puts the users of Stable at a disadvantage?
Well, "stable" means old software with old bugs. Those who want the new
bugs, which are introduced by fixing the old ones, have to ru
Hi,
> Surely "Closes:" is very convenient, but wouldn't you agree that this
> puts the users of Stable at a disadvantage?
Well, "stable" means old software with old bugs. Those who want the new
bugs, which are introduced by fixing the old ones, have to run something
else.
I understand that fixes
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 su
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
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