On 01/11/2017 11:17 AM, Dave B wrote: > Any idea what sort of time scale (months/years?) It may take for the fix > to propagate (if it would do that) through all the various aggregation > processes so as to appear in the regular system updates for the various > distributions of Linux?
The regular way of getting this as part of a new version into a new release of your distribution greatly depends on the release cycle. Some distributions have a rolling release, some have an annual release cycle, and some even more seldom; so it could take up to ~ 2years. To get this into your distribution as a bug fix as fast as possible, you should simply open a bug report there, and point to this discussion. Have a nice day, Berny
