http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508548
User jsmeix@novell.com added comment
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508548#c3
--- Comment #3 from Johannes Meixner 2009-06-02 03:09:40 MDT ---
Of course we try to fix any bug.
When it is an upstream bug, we report it upstream
and - if possible - we fix it but we usually fix it
only for our next product version (currently openSUSE 11.2).
Reasons for "not backporting":
1.
Lack of time, compare
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2009-04/msg00003.html
2.
We provide only fixes for really severe bugs
in released openSUSE versions (in particular security bugs).
The reason behind this policy is the "lack of time" problem.
In contrast for our business products like
Suse Linux Enterprise Server and Desktop (SLES and SLED)
we can provide also fixes for normal bugs
if it can be fixed in the current package version
and if the fix does not break anything else and
if the customer has an appropriate support contract with us
(we offer several levels of support for SLES and SLED).
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