[ntp:hackers] Bugzilla questions

Steve Kostecke kostecke at ntp.org
Tue Apr 8 12:30:29 UTC 2008


Martin Burnicki said:

>Harlan Stenn wrote:
>
>> And I would rather see us making progress toward getting the 4.2.6
>> blockers handled so we don't need to backport these bugs to -stable.
>
>As already mentioned in my reply to Danny, I'd also like this, but
>since I'd expect it will still take some time until this happens I'd
>appreciate a patch release which would make life easier for many
>regular users.

Patch releases are intended to fix _bugs_ (i.e. situations where ntpd
malfunctions or does not perform as designed).

Patch releases should NOT be used to _add/remove_ features or _change_
functionality.

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