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On 23/02/13 09:22, Markus Wanner wrote: > Daniel, > > On 02/23/2013 07:48 AM, I wrote: >> Again: I'm not eager to package and test versions older than >> 1.4.8. And yes, I tried with 1.4.1. IMO we should just go >> forward and forget about older versions. We can still get 1.4.8 >> to wheezy as a backport, later on. > > Rethinking this, I realized that we need to maintain some > (possibly old) version for wheezy, anyway. > > OTOH we are discussing patch releases, i.e. all of 1.4.x is > considered a "stable release series" by upstream. So one might > argue that 1.4.x is what goes into wheezy, and any release with a > newer x needs to go in wheezy as well - as a bug fix or even > security fix. > > See for example the 1.4.8 changes: > > * Fixed an integer overflow problem that occurs when > `ip::address_v4::broadcast()` is used on 64-bit platforms. > > * Fixed a problem on older Linux kernels (where epoll is used > without timerfd support) that prevents timely delivery of > deadline_timer handlers, after the program has been running for > some time. > > To me, this sounds like fixes that Debian stable (wheezy) users > want to get as well. > > I didn't check source code changes to confirm this, though. Sadly, the release team have very strict policies and if the output of `diff 1.4.1 1.4.8' looks very big, they just might not accept it - or even worse, they might decide the package is too difficult for Debian and throw it out That is why I would be tempted to have the earlier versions in there, in case we can push for 1.4.2 but not quite stretch to 1.4.8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJRKH/IAAoJEOm1uwJp1aqDwfwP/26zLJh5OyRZ329zviK119ww 5Mhbr0PHL44wQLiunB6GcCTaUKEMfL44/oz4FSjPcT61pzUwfHG+b/VzzhUnfWRV 0pb22YNmFOcuCwFpQ+3pWi6+4Nlf7AxQgRygW5I2eBM2VMr2vUXnL3sjzlAgkVeZ prHEsBpsDWpFN2dPJhFAOUiXfi316O3GixWHum+xIpTVLsHIPHyj5XtdyPvqzNwi a+WhJ5YqqJhvw0Sz3HybuL8qR4nunqwK4e2tT0Yo03EeHM4AbvGEibKk91BQrPNS OdmiyPch9iSu0GF95Mb0vT8j08s8hD1DWJ88PA6RGu9E3eR+f80LxxfFh5oPbBmx mHja64WqCjecdEvpLrCJCnLJ7p/wKX9/HAXtEPSNK+ky1SlartAMN2lhzEyr0UMv dDyoGZxRIDjgDJtTRai2MjK8nlOpWGrXzplYCQOq6sJG8T8Zx+bpDMTNixEwNcM2 6zc8U4A/hmE1cx7Gcl1Y2Lk0sZt69lFmBkj5M524rpjjhZoCsVeP845LcU3aHan4 rLpm661R773XJiIAMJPWrk8ht8Di4UZDDZQ68C92RdnATEq+hmzBCZ5xqpHruft8 p3bEIwC2HV34aEkA4CiqWIaTtzr+PUSkUuRgX6vNA3Sl36M4K8TYEoQsUb9ZOODL YWtBLb/e5aKHq35kPCBR =Y2vI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51287fc8.5050...@pocock.com.au