Re: LTS version > stable or wait?

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>]

On 19/01/2025 11:55, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> libtar     | 1.2.20-8      | oldstable    | source
> libtar     | 1.2.20-8      | stable       | source
>
> I have two options regarding releasing this for LTS:
>
> 1. Have a version LTS > stable until the next point release, or
> 2. Prepare the update and release after the point release in March/April
>
>
> All CVEs are no-dsa, so no faster update to stable this way.
>
> Package dependencies are trivial and the LTS package will work in
> stable, the only worry would be that upgrades and new installations
> would differ for some time.
>
>
> Since it's still some time till the next point release I will in this
> case proceed despite the version issue, unless someone disagrees.

I think we should avoid version skew. At the very least until a new libtar is in 
stable-proposed-updates, which is not the case yet.

Cheers,
Emilio