From 0e3d60937c58f33450d7522e2e5d24adf5f4e5f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew David Wong Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:37:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about backports --- introduction/faq.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/introduction/faq.md b/introduction/faq.md index 5a4169a5..a34e90a1 100644 --- a/introduction/faq.md +++ b/introduction/faq.md @@ -752,6 +752,11 @@ equipped to fix the bug. You should file a bug report in *that* project's issue tracker instead. Not only will you be helping all other affected Qubes users, you'll also be helping *all* downstream users of that software! +(Note: If you're wondering about cases in which a bug has already been fixed +upstream but hasn't yet arrived in your Qubes OS release, please see +[backports](/doc/issue-tracking/#backports). These are *not* cases in which an +issue is closed as "not our bug.") + ### Is the I/O emulation component (QEMU) part of the Trusted Computing Base (TCB)? No. Unlike many other virtualization systems, Qubes takes special effort to keep QEMU _outside_ of the TCB.