On 07/20/2012 01:34 PM, Brad Clarke wrote: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Tom Eastep <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think that this boils down to an issue with the Debian freeze period. >> Were it not for the preference of the Debian release team to only accept >> uploads that actually correct problems, we would all agree that it is >> less confusing for users to have a matched set of components. > > As a consumer of the Debian package, I say stick with what you're > doing and let Debian go stale for a while. It's their freeze so they > should be the ones to suffer the consequences, not you guys. Most > people probably know about Debian's annoying policy and have > workarounds in place where needed anyway (like using Roberto's > personal repository).
It's not that Debian will go stale; it is rather that it has bugs that we would like to correct so that people won't be running into them for the next two years. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Shorewall-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-devel
