Re: LTS version > stable or wait?
On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 03:28:49PM +0100, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> 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.
>
I agree that we should avoid version skew. Go ahead and prepare the
package for both stable and LTS, and then wait for the LTS upload until
at least the stable version is accepted in proposed updates.
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
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