On 22 November 2016 at 05:00, James McCoy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 02:00:47AM +0000, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote: >> Changes: >> iptables (1.6.0+snapshot20161117-2) unstable; urgency=medium >> . >> * [146c602] libxtables: bump from libxtables11 to libxtables12 (Closes: >> #844755) > > As noted in the last Release Update[0], November 5th was the close for > library transitions. Not only is this a late transition, but it seems > to be uncoordinated with the release team. > > This may need to be reverted. > > [0]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/11/msg00002.html >
Dear release team, I kindly ask for advice in how to address this situation. Problems: * I updated libxtables to an upstream snapshot release * I missed the update triggers a transition * Therefore, I missed the transition freeze deadline * Bugs happened. In the meantime, my plan is to upload a fix for #844755.

