Frankly Debian should have dropped it. If you create a situation where your users are annoying the fuck out of the author then your at fault.

Debian really did not handle the situation well. But it’s the same sort of attitude I see from shitty mod pack authors in modding communities.

They ship outdated versions and back port patches, then get pissy or don’t comply with the authors of the software they are shipping when the author rightfully gets upset at being bothered to support out dated shit.

It’s not the first nor will it be the last time a out dated distro causes this issue.