Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: unblock
Hi Release Team, Please allow mandos to migrate into testing and subsequent freeze. The mandos package was removed because libgnutls30 3.6.0 had removed functionality which Mandos depended on, but libgnutls30 3.6.6, with suitable replacement functionality, was not released until a few weeks ago, and we (also being upstream) had to scramble to implement a new protocol using the new GnuTLS features. This was done on this past Sunday (with a few more releases done on Saturday to fix minor bugs). We would have done it sooner after the package removal, but we needed GnuTLS 3.6.6, which *is* going into buster. It seems a pity to lose the mandos package after 10 years in Debian entirely because of the bad timing of GnuTLS 3.6.6 and the Debian freeze being so close. I brought this up on IRC #debian-release, and issue with the packaging (#922202) was revealed, but it was easily fixed since the offending code was only for backports, so a new version (1.8.3-3) has been uploaded with the relevant code simply removed. We are prepared to do any further required changes to the package (and/or upstream) as needed. /Teddy Hogeborn -- The Mandos Project https://www.recompile.se/mandos
