On Thu, 2021-07-22 at 16:00 +0200, Marco Möller wrote: > So, although it is full freeze time, the former kernel with all its > already known and tested functionality will not be specially patched, > but the new kernel is taken although it besides containing the patch > might also bring changed functionality? > Simply asking for curiosity, not that it would be of further importance > for me.
I have no inside knowledge, but I would speculate that the release team accept 'extra' package changes if they would normally be part of how the security team issues fixes for that package in a stable release. For highly complex software like the Linux kernel, and web browsers like Firefox, Debian security releases tend to stick with upstream long -term-support releases that contain the security fix. It's completely impractical to maintain a Debian specific fork and patch that. -- Tixy
