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Debian LTS and ELTS - November 2024



Here is my public monthly report.

Thanks to our sponsors for making this possible, and to Freexian for
handling the offering.
https://www.freexian.com/lts/debian/#sponsors


LTS

- Front-Desk (week 47)
  - Update and tidy work queue
    - Check bookworm 12.8 updates to apply in LTS
    - Mark 7 packages for update
    - Drop 2 obsolete entries
    - Complement 6 packages statuses
  - Triage or precise triage for >15 CVEs
  - Question support for twitter-bootstrap3/4
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2024/11/msg00030.html

- twisted
  - Non-trivial CVE fixes backports
  - Fix test suite and Salsa CI configuration
  - DLA-3970-1
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00028.html
  - Merge new Git history to python-team's repository
    https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/twisted


ELTS

- Front-Desk
  - Associate CVEs from newer, branched Debian packages with different
    names to older ELTS packages (jetty*, libidn*, netty*, openssl*,
    php*, python*, ruby*, squid*, tomcat*)
  - Refresh tracking of renamed packages following bullseye switch to
    LTS, and identify 2 new renamed packages
  - Mark 15 supported packages for update
  - Triage or precise triage for >15 CVEs and packages

- twisted (stretch and buster)

  - Non-trivial CVE fixes backports, and vulnerability assessments
    (new test cases had too much requirements to backport, I had to
    rely on Git history and external PoCs)
  - Improve test suites and Salsa CI configuration
  - ELA-1247-1
    https://www.freexian.com/lts/extended/updates/ela-1247-1-twisted/
  - ELA-1248-1
    https://www.freexian.com/lts/extended/updates/ela-1248-1-twisted/
  - Merge new Git history to python-team's repository
    https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/twisted


Documentation and tooling

- LTS Documentation

  - TestSuites: autopkgtest: update for new dists, information on
    targetting a reverse-dependency, improve formatting
    https://lts-team.pages.debian.net/wiki/TestSuites/autopkgtest.html

  - TestSuites: twisted: update for new dists, precisions
    https://lts-team.pages.debian.net/wiki/TestSuites/twisted.html

- Help other contributors on various issues (preparing for galera-4
  updates, Git workflow, qemu minor issues, sending LTS announcements)
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2024/11/msg00023.html
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2024/11/msg00031.html

- Internal discussion on guidelines for providing help on specific
  packages early (up to unstable); on handling ELAs for multiple dists
  with a different set of CVEs

- IRC meeting
  https://meetbot.debian.net/debian-lts/2024/debian-lts.2024-11-28-14.00.html
  
-- 
Sylvain Beucler
Debian LTS Team


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