news 28 Posted May 24, 2015 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) Share this post Link to post