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> I see a demonstration that Debian is unable to spot a bug when it has a 50-line comment above it That's also an unfair characterisation, especially since the
by vacri 11y ago
> I see a demonstration that Debian is unable to spot a bug when it has a 50-line comment above it
That's also an unfair characterisation, especially since the original report starts out recognising that exact comment.
Debian stable is there for a reason - not everyone is in a position where they can have the latest'n'greatest rolling distro. Security is not the only thing that's of interest to users; stability is of interest as well. I see people using rolling distros that get caught up by this bug or that bug, and they can fix it because they're technically-minded, but not everyone can do that.
This xscreensaver issue is an edge case that gets caught in the cracks. I'm sure jwz is also well aware of why debian stable does what it does, but as the recipient of the bugspam, he can probably be forgiven for being less than charitable about deb-stable.
- drewcrawford 11y ago> That's also an unfair characterisation What specifically is unfair about it? Is it false? > especially since the original report starts out recognising that exact comment. I must be missing the part where a postmortem of this feature getting into stable was conducted and lessons were learned. Can you link me? > Debian stable is there for a reason - not everyone is in a position where they can have the latest'n'greatest rolling distro. Yeah, and that's why I run Debian stable. But in light of a visible lapse I'm concerned about invisible ones lurking on my systems.
- vacri 11y agoSuddenly "unable to spot a bug" has transmogrified into requiring a post-mortem and lessons for the future learned? That's some pretty hefty goalpost moving.