On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 12:44 +0100, David Bremner wrote: > On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:23:06 +0200, Patrick Ohly <patrick.o...@intel.com> > wrote: > > > > What would be easier to get included: another 1.0.x bug fix update > > (which I hadn't intend to prepare in favor of releasing 1.1) or 1.1? > > > > Probably a bug fix release; I think the diff with 1.1 is now too large > for anyone in Debian to sensibly analyze.
Then also the diff between 1.0 beta 2 and the 1.0.x release series is too large. > Another option is just to add > the patch to the debian package if you don't want to make a bug fix > release. I don't have a full list of critical bugs in 1.0 beta 2, but I suspect that there are too many to make back-porting all of them feasible. > To justify an upload at this point, we would need to argue that this bug > (or some other) > > makes the package in question unusable or mostly so, or causes data > loss, or introduces a security hole allowing access to the accounts > of users who use the package. I'm sure there are examples for that. -- Best Regards, Patrick Ohly The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
