On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 05:22:29PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote: >... > For networked services, it is different. > > Debian has already been carrying updated versions of Firefox and > Chromium in stable including bundled dependencies too. Maybe we need to > have an objective way of deciding which other projects genuinely deserve > the same treatment. >...
The problem with Firefox/Chromium is not "networked services". The problem is that it is not feasible to backport all security fixes to a 3 year old version of such a browser. And the "objective way of deciding" is that not shipping any web browser would not be a realistic option. For nearly any other package, not shipping it in a stable is the better option for Debian. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed