Totally! Now I got it. Thank you very much.
Um abraço, Tiago Porangaba On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Robie Basak <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 12:37:04AM -0300, Tiago Porangaba wrote: > > However I am not sure what you mean saying *"isolating and* > > *cherry-picking fixes shouldn't be too difficult."* > > * > > * > > My guess is that you mean that I should pick a triaged bug, pick one fix > > from some suggested fixes and submit this fix (after QA). Is that right? > > The SRU process requires that we fix the development version first. This > is often achieved by taking the latest upstream version that might > already have the problem fixed, or applying our own fix. > > Then we have to backport the fix to stable releases for bugs where we > feel it is appropriate. You can find a list of such bugs at [1] that > have been nominated for (Precise) 12.04, for example. To prepare the > fix, I'm proposing that as a programmer you may be able to more easily > locate the patch that fixed the problem in the development version, > backport it (change it as needed so that it applies correctly to the > older version and still fixes the problem), make it minimal if necessary > (so that it's easier to understand and minimises the chances of > regressions), test it, and prepare a debdiff for an update to the stable > release. > > Does that make sense? > > Robie >
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