Hi list, [please keep me on CC: on replies, I'm not subscribed to the list] linux-grsec was recently ACCEPTED [1] in Debian unstable. For the record, it's a src:linux packages patched with the grsecurity [2] patch, hardening the kernel against various threats (memory corruption especially). Current upstream (grsecurity) development model is to follow the latest linux kernel version (there are so-called “stable” patches, which are not available free of charge, so I don't mention them here), which makes it not really suitable for a stable release (also there's the duplication of the Linux sources). But the linux-grsec packages might especially interest people using stable releases (it's really useful on servers, although I'm using it on laptops and desktops just fine), so I'm currently providing those builds myself [3]. I'd like to use a more official repository, so I thought about uploading to jessie-backports. I know the rules about backports (only packages already in testing, suited for the next stable releases), so I know it's an exception I'm asking. I already asked on IRC (#debian-devel, where it wasn't really warmly received :), but was also redirected here, so it gets archived. Thanks in advance anyway! Regards, -- Yves-Alexis
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