[Bug 777356] Re: [fixed upstream, regression] Postfix smtp does not skip unknown XFORWARD attributes, causing SMTP syntax errors

[Matthias Andree]

Am 16.05.2011 20:44, schrieb Chuck Short:
> We could backport this fix, however as a rule we dont update package in
> release through the normal channels. However this can be requested as a
> backport as well. Please see:

<irony>Great rules if the upstream release series is
bugfixes-only.</irony> Quite unsensible IMO.

Seriously, what good is cherrypicking fixes if the backport is less
tested than the upstream bugfix patches?

If the Postfix releases were to bring features, I'd understand that, but
for Postfix and GCC and similar packages where the point-releases are
regression-only or bugfix-only patches, a backport is less tested, thus
more dangerous, than just reviewing the point-release patch.

Anyways, I don't care how Ubuntu will choose to fix this regression, but
I do care that it happens soon.

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Matthias Andree

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Title:
  [fixed upstream, regression] Postfix smtp does not skip unknown
  XFORWARD attributes, causing SMTP syntax errors