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It's exactly the same way tens of thousands of other packages have been shipped for decades, including many other web servers like nginx, httpd, lighttpd. No ne
by 5e92cb50239222b 3y ago
It's exactly the same way tens of thousands of other packages have been shipped for decades, including many other web servers like nginx, httpd, lighttpd. No need to paint so much drama over this.
They will contact you if the need arises. It's the same usual process that has been used since the 90s to great success.
- francislavoie 3y agoUsers will reach out to us first, not to debian, because we're easier to reach for help (via social or our forums). If they tell us they're using an outdated version which doesn't have the fix for what they need, I have no other choice but to tell them to stop using the debian-maintained package, and use our officially maintained package.
- account42 3y agoOh please, you do have plenty of other choices. It's ok to not want to support older versions or downstream packages (even if imo there is value in doing so) but don't be a drama queen and claim you can't.
- francislavoie 3y agoChoices such as? How else would we get the user to run an updated release with the fixes they require?
- e12e 3y ago> Users will reach out to us first, not to debian, because we're easier to reach for help Maybe. That is indeed a risk with third party distribution. But do note that Debian has its own support channels, and infrastructure (like the "reporting" tool: https://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/reportbug https://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/reportbug ).