Bug#379278: how to treat upgrade bugs that only affect unstable->unstable?

Peter Samuelson peter at p12n.org
Thu Sep 14 09:20:15 UTC 2006


> > If a bug was in a prerm script in unstable for 7 days, but never
> > appeared in stable or testing, should we include cruft in present and
> > future prerm versions to work around it?

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]
> It depends only on the ammount of damage the bug causes.

No damage, it simply doesn't work.  So you can't remove or upgrade the
package.  The workaround in the new prerm is simple enough but it's
still cruft that I'd rather not have to carry around.
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