Question about bug fixes in stable releases

[Javier P.L.]

Hi Mario,

AFAIK, you can't expect to fix some problems in the stable version if 
the patches haven't done it to the development release, that's what SRU 
policies say. However the r cycle has just began, so.., I doubt what 
applies right now.

Hope someone else could answer too

[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

On 10/28/2012 05:05 PM, Mario Daniel Carugno wrote:
> Hi list !
>
> My name is Mario, and i'm curious about one thing related to bug fixing.
>
> Suppose I find a bug in an application that is part of a Ubuntu's stable
> release.
> For example, a bug in Abiword 2.9.2 (shipped with Ubuntu 12.10).
>
> The question is: Can I fix that bug and give the source back to
> Abiword's maintainer, expecting to see the bug fixed soon in Untuntu
> 12.10 rather than having to wait for that fix applied in Ubuntu 13.04 ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
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