Greetings, and thanks so much for the information! What do I do about bug reports against stable that are fixed in unstable? I suppose I can close them and mark them done? These bugs really aren't serious enough to warrant bothering the release manager.
Thanks again! Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi, > >>"Camm" == Camm Maguire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Camm> Greetings! I've fixed a few bugs in the package I maintain, > Camm> but all released versions are going into slink/unstable. > > This is by design. Once stable has been released, it is not > meant to be changed unless there are major security holes in th > package. In other words, only things that affect the system as a > whole are fxed; individual packages do not carry enough weight. > > Camm> Is there a way I cn get release to mark the new package as a > Camm> bug-fix update targeted for hamm/stable? > > Sure. Convince the release manager that the fixes are > important enough to go into stable (which means that a new point > release some time soon). > > The best way to do this is to convince people on -devel first, > and only then go for the release manager. > > It is not easy to put changes into stable by design. > > manoj > -- > Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. Francis Bacon > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> > Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Camm Maguire ================================================================== "The earth is one country, and mankind its citizens." Baha'u'llah
