The complete description that you provide confirms that your changes will most probably not reach wheezy, as they are not compliant with the current freeze policy [1].
#688558 has a severity of normal. The worst other patched bug (ever growing config file) seems a normal bug to me [2]. [1] http://release.debian.org/wheezy/freeze_policy.html [2] http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130130231416.GA22509@pegase
