Jason A. Nunnelley wrote:
I'm probably wrong (I usually am) - but my understanding is if there
is a problem with a released package, and the distro team doesn't
want to upgrade to a new upstream version, the responsibility for
repairing those problems lies with the packagers. Based on the
release notes I just saw on 3.2.1 - all I saw were bugfixes, not
feature additions. That should be reason enough to pull it in to Lenny.
Are we talking about what makes it into the next release of the OS
distro, or what makes it into the apt-get repository?
I'm not understanding the distinction - unless you're referring to
non-official apt sources. For me, as a someone who knows enough to get
into REAL trouble...I love packages and avoid source-based installs
whenever possible.
From the standpoint of wanting Debian to continue to be a trusted,
stable platform - if the Samba team says 3.2.1 is a very important fix
to 3.2.0, I'd hope the Debian team approves it. If 3.2.0 is buggy - it
will result in users blaming Debian when their long-running Samba
servers start having issues. It would be one thing if a really cool
feature was left out - and now implemented. It's something else when
there is are known problems - and a fix is now available that adds no
functionality (it doesn't, right?).
From the standpoint of a *slightly* more educated user, if there's an
unofficial repository I can reach out to for an updated version, and
it's compatible with the distro's outdated version - that gets me
functional.
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Daniel
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