Thanks Thorsten, On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 02:11:05AM +0200, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > For the sake of completeness, I asked for a stable update with fixed log > placement and rotation, not one containing the upstream changes, but if > the maintainer feels it better and no less safe to include them and they > aren’t too onerous to review, I ask to at least look at the possibility, > and if rejected, please do so fast enough Andrew can prepare an alternative > version in which everything necessary is added as new patch atop the current > trixie package.
I didn't mean to suggest you had specifically endorsed a new upstream. I can briefly recap the 4 changes in the upstream versus what we would have carrying patches instead: 1. old patch from us to fix import (in trixie) -> no net source code change 2. new patch from us to allow log rotation to be implemented cleanly -> no net source code change 3. small change affecting wtmpdbd which we do not build -> no change to Debian binary 4. improved error strings -> more user-friendly error messages. Not needed but not a risk. I have no problem with reworking to ship just the first two patches instead if required - I opted for the new upstream because I thought that was cleaner and clearer. Thanks, Andrew
