[Pkg-kbd-devel] Bug#709373: closed by Michael Schutte <michi at debian.org> (Re: Bug#709373: kbd: loadkeys -d no longer works)

[Michael Schutte]

Hi Alan!

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:01:12PM +0000, Alan Curry wrote:
> I reported a bug in the stable release. It's not fixed until it's fixed in
> the stable release.
> 
> But you're going to leave it unfixed for a year or three, while pretending
> that it doesn't exist.
> 
> This is not nice.

I’m sorry, and I can see why you feel this way, but this is how stable
works, and for a good reason.  See Section 5.5.1 of the Debian
Developer’s Reference:

  “Basically, a package should only be uploaded to stable if one of the
  following happens:

      * a truly critical functionality problem
      * the package becomes uninstallable
      * a released architecture lacks the package
      
  […]
  
   Changing anything else in the package that isn't important is
   discouraged, because even trivial fixes can cause bugs later on.”

<http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#upload-stable>

This bug is clearly none of these, particularly since a very simple
workaround exists with “loadkeys defkeymap”.

Best,
Michael
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