I think that negotiating with -backports maintainers should be the first step. Bumping the MariaDB server version in stretch-backports might be not allowed. So before spending any effort, it should be pre-negotiated with them.
Ondrej -- Ondřej Surý <[email protected]> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018, at 16:16, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: > >> I'd love to see 10.2 as well, could it be packaged please? > > > > Could 10.2 be made available in backports too? > > Sure. It is just a matter of who has time to do it. Is either one of > you Debian Developer or Maintainer, can you help me with this task? >

