Bug#1120437: RFS: libsepol/3.9-3 -- SELinux binary policy manipulation library and development files

[Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de>]

On 2025-11-09 Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com> wrote:
[...]
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libsepol":
[...]
>  libsepol (3.9-3) unstable; urgency=medium
>  .
>    * debian/control:
>      - add myself to uploaders
>      - bump Standards-Version to 4.7.2 (no further changes)
>      - drop redundant default Rules-Requires-Root setting
>      - drop unused dependency variable
>    * drop Debian revision from library symbols
>    * d/rules: simplify and enable LTO
>    * d/patches:
>      - apply upstream fix for genfscon asterisks
>      - apply upstream policy capability additions

Hello Christian,

this generally looks good, I have got two questions:
* Enabling LTO: Does this bring huge benefit for libsepol, or why do you
  enable this? Generally *imho* we should not use non-default
  optimization options without some kind of rationale/benchmarking.
* "add myself to uploaders": Was this coordinated with the libsepol
  maintainers?

Thanks, cu Andreas
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