Hi Chris, >> The purpose of [stable release branch] is to provide a software >> environment that is *stable*. Packages in the release branch should be >> modified only if the update fixes an important bug, like a security >> vulnerability. > > This seems a great policy when there are people backporting security > fixes to older versions of software. [...]
there seems to be a misunderstanding. It's perfectly okay to update a package in release-14.04 if that update fixes a security vulnerability. Best regards, Peter _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
