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Hi,

 

We've just announced the date for the first Jessie point release [81ANN]

so it seems a good time for a quick recap of the process around updates

in (old)stable.

 

Here's a reminder of our usual criteria for accepting fixes. These are

designed to make the process smooth and frustration-free for both us and

you.

 

* The bug you want to fix in stable must be fixed in unstable

already (and not waiting in NEW)

* The bug should be of severity "important" or higher

* Bug meta-data - particularly affected versions - must be

up to date

* Fixes must be minimal and relevant and include a sufficiently

detailed changelog entry

* A source debdiff of the proposed change must be included

in your request (not just the raw patches or "a debdiff

can be found at $URL")

* The proposed package must have a correct version number

(e.g. ...+deb8u1) and you should be able to explain what

testing it has had

* The update must be built in an (old)stable environment or chroot

* Fixes for security issues should be co-ordinated with the

Security Team, unless they have explicitly stated that they

will not issue an DSA for the bug (e.g. via a "no-dsa" marker

in the Security Tracker)

 

 

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