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Re: Backports policy for security updates (was: Re: python-django_1.8.18-1~bpo8+1_amd64.changes REJECTED)



On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 09:41:03PM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> writes:
> 
> > The Release Team might also wish to decide whether this is
> > grounds for a removal of Django 1.10 from stretch.
> >
> > Just saying. I have no stakes in Django, either for or against.
> 
> Err... What grounds are there for removing Django 1.10 from Stretch?

According to the Django project's roadmap:

  https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jun/25/roadmap/

...1.10 is already out of its mainstream support period and its
extended support will end in December 2017, which is very, very
early in the Stretch lifecycle.

> If you remove Django 1.10 from Stretch you will have to remove
> everything that depends on it.

I believe this may have been the exact point of Thorsten's message.

G'luck,
Peter

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