Holger Levsen <[email protected]> writes: > (mostly using darkstar as an example. I don't event know that package - but I > noticed that I decided not to care much about my squeeze-backports anymore > (eg > not to backport piuparts) while realizing I'd still do security fixes.)
darktable is probably a good example of a package where even security support doesn't make much sense. - The code is changing very quickly to support new camera hardware; upstream already considers the version in Jessie obsolete. - It's consumer/desktop code. I guess there's no server infrastructure depending on photo editing software. I'm just not that sympathetic to the individual user who hasn't upgraded from squeeze. - The software is quite demanding; essentially it is barely functional on 32 bit machines because of memory demands. So I doubt very much there are many people running it on old computers. - The development version (for stretch) will actually be more secure, since it eliminates libraw, a constant source of CVEs. My expectation when uploading a backport is to support it until the next stable release. Sorry LTS people, but in this case your itch is not my itch. If that's wrong, please let me know, and I'll think very carefully about what I backport in the future. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
