Any planned change on backports policy?

[Martin Alderson]

On 6/1/05, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 05:08:42AM +0100, Martin Alderson wrote:
> 
> > Is there any thought on changing the current policy on updating software on
> > old releases?
> 
> As synchronicity would have it, there is a meeting scheduled for tomorrow,
> at 1930 UTC, to discuss exactly this issue, and what can be done to address
> it.
> 
> I can say right now, though, that the solution is not going to be to update
> the stable releases to newer versions of applications, but more likely to
> find a way to provide updated packages for users who want them (without
> obsoleting the old version).
> 
> The situation is not as simple as it might appear, though, and there will be
> much to discuss.
> 
> --
>  - mdz
> 
Cool. Is this meeting going to be public?