You wrote: > I can't fix or upgrade packages in Debian stable, unless that is a security > issue. > > What you can do instead is backport the libccid package from unstable > to stable. That is what you did. > This is also handled by the Debian backports project > https://backports.debian.org/
OK, thanks. Sorry to bother you when I couldn't find info on the policy on changes in stable; also I didn't know the backports site. I should fix being a Fedora maintainer and not a Debian one when I personally run Debian.