On Tuesday 28 May 2019 08:34:37 am Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 28.05.19 08:02, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 27 May 2019 11:18:49 pm Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > > > Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> writes: > > > Your version (1.14.6-2) of network-manager appears to be out of > > > date. The following newer release(s) are available in the Debian > > > archive: experimental: 1.18.0-1 > > > Please try to verify if the bug you are about to report is already > > > addressed by these releases. Do you still want to file a report > > > [y|N|q|?]? > > > > And this exposes something in debian's policy I object to, as > > strenuously as I can. A newer version may well fix the bug, but its > > never given to the users until they upgrade to the next release, and > > that brings a never shrinking list of new bugs. > > Gene, you're just too shy and retiring. In such a case, if > experimental is not your cup of tea, why not conclude "It needs to be > fixed in stable.", and hit 'y' to still file a report. After all, > until it's backported to stable, it's still an outstanding bug.
Which we are still suffering from. > That said, one could upgrade just that one package, and try it out. If > it is fixed, you're on a winner then and there. "Fixed" beats > "reported", as you can get on with the next issue. > > Erik A great idea Erik. What then is the deb line in sources.list to enable that? Thats what I was alluding to when I said inner circle. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
