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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86491 Bug ID: 86491 Summary: Nouveau crash when shutting down Product: xorg Version: unspecified Hardware: Other OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: medium Component: Driver/nouveau Assignee: nouveau at

...ute "black/white" on why developers, vendors, etc... do this or that. There are reasons to upgrade to a newer version, and there are other reasons to backport. One is _not_ better than the other, or developers are not any more or less "smart" if they do. What I said was it is _harder_ for a distro to take the take to backport fixes and minimize impact to existing compatibility than to merely just rely and ship the latest version from a developer. There are reasons to upgrade (features, project support, etc...) and there are reason to backport (minimal impact, regression tested...

Hi David, That’s interesting, because I have a totally different experience. On a forum, every topic gets its own thread, and replies are always there in order for future reference. Topic categories can be defined which encourage subject classification. Advanced searching helps to find already answered questions, prevent duplicates, and enable the continuation of discussions even years later.