Re: 'no-fixes' in stable

2014-04-18 Thread wobbly-hs
On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 22:39:31 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 18 April 2014 18:56:55 wobbly-hs wrote: > > Lisi Reisz asked: .. > Thanks. Have you said which printer? If so, I have missed it. It is > likely to be relevant. I have absolutely no problems with my > Samsu

Re: 'no-fixes' in stable

2014-04-18 Thread wobbly-hs
Thanks all for your taking the time to comment on my questions Brian pointed to the new backport 1.9.63-1~bpo70+1: amd64 This looks very much like the same thing I'd produced as a private backport which I installed: python-cups_1.9.63-1~bpo70+1_amd64.deb Lisi Reisz asked: >It would be intere

Re: 'no-fixes' in stable

2014-04-18 Thread wobbly-hs
On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:26:55 +020, Ralf Mardorf wrote >Don't rely on the policy of a distro, DIY sometimes will fix issues >faster My reason for using Debian stable is because I have spent too much time in the past fixing things myself / getting help etc. I've used Fedora for many years, then U

'no-fixes' in stable

2014-04-18 Thread wobbly-hs
[message re posted because previous attempt was without word wrapping - sorry!] Hi Can anyone clarify the policy for when upstream fixes completed in testing come down to stable. I migrated from Debian 6 to 7 earlier in 2014 once the latest stable distro had been out quite some time. It was a su

'no-fixes' in stable

2014-04-18 Thread wobbly-hs
Hi Can anyone clarify the policy for when upstream fixes completed in testing come down to stable. I migrated from Debian 6 to 7 earlier in 2014 once the latest stable distro had been out quite some time. It was a surprise to find that printing did not work. Bug#656640 shows a fix has been ma