Bug#841294: Overrule maintainer of "global" to package a new upstream version

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Wookey writes ("Bug#841294: Overrule maintainer of "global" to package a new upstream version"):
> OK, as Punit and I have prepared a current 6.5.5 which would be a
> candidate for a 'modern' release, and I think it's useful to have such
> a version available for people to test and file bugs against, I will
> do a 5-day delayed NMU to experimental. Putting it in experimental
> does not imply automatic transtion to stretch, nor block uploads via
> unstable, so seems a reasonable thing to do.
> 
> This version is not perfect, but it is current with updated
> packaging. I'll include details of the known issues in one of the
> 'please can we have a new version' bugs. I think it's more useful to
> have the current state of play avalable than for me to keep messing
> with it privately.

Hooray, thank you.

Ian.

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