Comment 5 for bug 147987

Hi,

Ahmed El-Mahmoudy [2007-10-02 8:30 -0000]:
> In the thread it says: "We just cannot put new versions into stable
> releases without testing them at all." Please define "testing".

Review the new versions for new features or behavioural changes, check
that package upgrades work and do not break existing configurations,
test that the package still functions properly, etc.

The development release does not have any problem, like you say, we
can just sync from Debian. But that's not what people are use, they
want a stable version of Ubuntu. If nobody in Ubuntu looks after this
package and keeps it up to date, then we should better remove it for
the reasons stated on the ML.

> Also, there was the other option of going into backports, what's the
> problem of that option ?

They are not enabled by default, thus most users of Tor would not get
them. The updates need to undergo the proper SRU [1] procedure.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/SRU