Bug#1144046: define term 'release critical'?

Andrey Rakhmatullin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.policy
Message-ID <anmFjD-8NiyOwOyW__35423.4914573439$1786349124$gmane$org@belkar.wrar.name>
On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 09:41:55AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>I couldn't find a good reference of what a 'release critical' bug means,

The wording suggests that it's a term external to the Policy.

>would it be reasonable to include this in the policy manual?

If this part causes confusion it could be moved to a footnote I guess?

>Or is that a more relaxed term that is continously re-defined in
>https://release.debian.org/testing/rc_policy.txt ?

This document defines what is considered release critical, not what being 
release critical means.

Unless I'm confused and you are looking for something else.


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