Hi Georg-- On Wed 2017-07-12 02:56:45 +0200, Georg Faerber wrote:
> I would like to see wireguard right now in buster. Even if the on-wire
> format should change in the future, it would be still worth it, IMHO.
> Buster is the 'testing' suite - so let's just do that: let's test and
> get this into testing. Sometimes testing breaks, which is expected, but
> most of the time it works. I doubt that there would be a major
> difference in this case.
I understand the appeal here, but the semantics of entry into debian
"testing" is that a package should be in preparation for the next stable
release.
I don't believe that wireguard upstream (Jason Donenfeld) wants
wireguard to be shipped in any long-term operating systems (like debian
stable), because he wants to be able to recommend an upgrade to all
deployed instances easily (that won't happen once buster is stable).
This makes me reluctant to put it into debian testing.
If upstream explicitly states a commitment to maintaining the wire
format, then that version can definitely propagate into testing. but
that hasn't happened yet.
Now, of course we could let it drop into testing for the moment by
reducing the severity of this bug, and then cranking the severity back
up before the release, but that feels a little bit like cheating, no?
All that said, i do see the appeal of having wider distribution, i'm
just not sure how to do that within the structure of the debian APT
archive.
Any suggestions?
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