Non-"critical" bug fixes/new hardware drivers in stable releases?

[Tim Hull]

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> >
> > Backporting changes is risky. Ubuntu makes the decision that security
> > fixes are worth the risk of backporting. If you are talking about
> > changes that are available in later releases, then the affected users
> > are able to upgrade. In my opinion, it is more important that we don't
> > break the machines of people for whom everything is currently fine.



I'm not talking about new features (aside from possibly new drivers).  I'm
mainly talking about bugs that, while not security/data loss bugs, are still
significant annoyances. The HAL bug I mentioned earlier in the thread is the
perfect illustration of what I mean.
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