On 02/04/2016 06:57 AM, Stefano Salvi wrote: > I found this bug in a FRESH Jessie install, so this is the DISTRIBUTED > version. This could be a problem...
I could also report a bug against a FRESH install of SuseLinux 5.3 (1998), that it also still DISTRIBUTED on FTP servers. That doesn't mean, I should. The fact remains that Debian Jessie (stable) contains an old version of MATE which no longer receives updates and it's therefore rather pointless to report bugs against these old versions. > It would be better if you put the new wrapper version in stable. That is not possible, at least not as simple as you would think. To update packages in stable, a package maintainer can't simply create a new package version and upload it. They have to file a bug report with the stable release managers and ask for permission to update the package. The stable release managers are rather strict and it needs quite some effort to convince them to allow packages to be updated in a stable release unless it's a security-relevant or critical update. Thus, most package maintainers usually don't bother with fixing such bugs in stable and just focus on improving the packages in unstable and consequently testing as these can be updated right away and without any buerocracy unless we're in a freeze just before the release of a new stable version. > Thank you Regards, Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - [email protected] `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - [email protected] `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
