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Re: Bug#1000355: bullseye-pu: package nano/5.4-2+deb11u1



Control: tags -1 + d-i

The changes are probably beneficial to the use of nano-udeb as well,
but in any case tagging and CCing for inforamation.

On Fri, 2022-03-18 at 18:15 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> Control: tag -1 confirmed
> 
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 01:29:56AM +0100, Jordi Mallach wrote:
> > Package: release.debian.org
> > Severity: normal
> > Tags: bullseye
> > User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> > Usertags: pu
> > 
> > [ Reason ]
> > 
> > As we did early during the freeze, nano's upstream Benno
> > Schulenberg has
> > been maintaining a series of patches against nano 5.4, which
> > backport
> > crashes fixes and other big impact fixes for Debian's version of
> > nano.
> > 
> > [ Impact ]
> > 
> > We will miss several crash (and general bugs) fixes in different
> > situations and scenarios.
> > 
> > [ Tests ]
> > 
> > Patches have been tested individually against 5.4, and have had a
> > wider
> > testing in the newer nano versions in which the fixes were
> > introduced.
> > 
> > [ Risks ]
> > 
> > There is a big amount of patches, but most of them are one or
> > two-liners. Of course, the risk of any of them introducing new bugs
> > is
> > real, but given Benno's knowledge of the codebase, it is unlikely.
> > 
> > [ Checklist ]
> >   [X] *all* changes are documented in the d/changelog
> >       - I've only mentioned the addition of a bundle of patches,
> > not
> >         each one of them in detail. I can add a list of patches
> > like in
> > 	the changes section below, if that's preferred.
> >   [X] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
> >   [X] attach debdiff against the package in (old)stable
> >   [X] the issue is verified as fixed in unstable
> > 
> Go ahead, thanks.
> 
> Cheers,
> Julien
> 
> 



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