Upstream releases

[Bernhard Schmidt]

Am 29.01.19 um 17:36 schrieb Sean M. Pappalardo:
> Hello again.
> 
> Thank you for your reply.
> 
> On 1/29/19 1:50 AM, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
>> Debian (as almost all other non-rolling Distributions) do not introduce
>> new upstream versions (that might cause regressions, as it is frequently
>> visible with Asterisk updates) during a stable release, but backport the
>> security fixes.
> 
> Oh okay. (Isn't it easier and possibly better to just use stable/bugfix
> upstream releases though? I know the Samba maintainers are frustrated
> with distros that backport fixes themselves instead of just using the
> latest maintenance release of the version the distro currently uses.)

Well, there is no newer maintenance (bugfix only) release of Asterisk
13.14 than 13.14.1 which is currently packaged in Stretch, 13.15 has
already introduced new features and new bugs.

Debian (as most Distributions) really only accept critical bugfix-only
updates for software with a very very good release process (something
Asterisk doesn't have, but for example PostgreSQL does).

Have a look at
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch05.html#upload-stable
to see what's acceptable in a stable release.

If you always need the latest and greatest software you are free to
compile it yourself or use the binary packages the software vendor offers.

Bernhard