Below is my opinion, and is open for debate: Although there are mechanisms for supporting security updates in stable debian releases, and luke-jr's work of porting fixes is great and exactly what is needed, updates to network protocols would not classify as a security update and would only be available via backports.d.o.
"Mandatory" network updates from upstream don't have a propagation system through stable Debian releases, therefore it should not be in a stable release. Ubuntu has just removed the bitcoin package in favor of the upstream "official" PPA. This package, as it is an unstable-only package, has a similar function as a PPA at this point. Users can apt-pin to it and stay up-to-date via regular updates. As bitcoin evolves, and network protocols becomes standardized, we can revisit whether this would be viable for stable release. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
