[Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Bug#718272: Bug#718272: backport branches are available

[Scott Howard]

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Luke-Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> This isn't correct. We do support backported/stable versions in a separate git
> repository:
>         https://gitorious.org/bitcoin/bitcoind-stable/
>
> Debian is welcome to choose a branch and I will do what I can to ensure it
> receives long-term support. I would recommend using the latest release
> (currently 0.8.4) if possible.

Thanks - I haven't seen that documented anywhere and wasn't aware of
it. That's a great service to provide.

How are those updated? It appears whenever there is a current-version
micro-release, those commits are backported to the stable branches.
Are only security and network related commits backported?
Is there a stable micro-release when those are backported, or is this
something that is more of a rolling stable branch.