Bug#766031: iceweasel: A year security support of old-stable

[Paul van der Vlis]

op 21-10-14 02:27, Mike Hommey schreef:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 01:57:06AM +0200, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
>> op 21-10-14 00:57, Mike Hommey schreef:
>>> old-stable packages were available on mozilla.debian.net until the last
>>> 24.8.0esr-1 update. 
>>> Except it's not possible anymore because it requires
>>> a compiler version much newer than what's available in old-stable.
>>
>> Maybe I was not clear enough, this bug is about the future.
>> I would like to have 1 year time before I need to upgrade to Jessie.
> 
> This is not something that can be acted on now, and is not something
> that belongs in the bug tracking system.

Maybe you are right about that. It's a goal.

But maybe we can think about what we can do to reach that goal. E.g. by
making backports. Or by changing policies so that a package may depend
on a package in backports, when it's really important.

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.


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