Re: [systemd-devel] systemd-stable and Debian's systemd release strategy

2023-01-19 Thread Simon McVittie
On Wed, 18 Jan 2023 at 16:57:05 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > backports: mostly me lacking time Also, a note for those who might be less familiar with Debian: the backports policy is that Debian 11 backports (bullseye-backports) should always be in sync with the version that would be in Debian 12

Re: [systemd-devel] systemd-stable and Debian's systemd release strategy

2023-01-19 Thread tok
Michael, thank you for taking the time to explain, this is helpful and puts things into perspective! Appreciate the effort of all maintainers. Regards, tok On 18.01.23 16:57, Michael Biebl wrote: Quite simple: stable releases: Debian policy is rather strict regarding stable uploads and some

Re: [systemd-devel] systemd-stable and Debian's systemd release strategy

2023-01-18 Thread Michael Biebl
And as always: help is more then welcome. If you want to get involved, please contact us at #debian-systemd on OFTC Am Mi., 18. Jan. 2023 um 16:57 Uhr schrieb Michael Biebl : > > Quite simple: > stable releases: Debian policy is rather strict regarding stable > uploads and some of the changes that

Re: [systemd-devel] systemd-stable and Debian's systemd release strategy

2023-01-18 Thread Michael Biebl
Quite simple: stable releases: Debian policy is rather strict regarding stable uploads and some of the changes that landed in systemd-stable are not really considered suitable for a stable upload to Debian. That's why we only cherry-pick select fixes. If the Debian policy was more lax in that regar

[systemd-devel] systemd-stable and Debian's systemd release strategy

2023-01-18 Thread tok
Apologies, was not subscribed previously but would also seek the input of systemd-devel on the matter below. Regards, tok On 18.01.23 10:05, tok wrote: Hi, This is not meant as blame but I sincerely would like to understand the mechanisms/approach and apparent complexities behind it: I was