Re: qpdf in debian experimental
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On 08/28/2017 09:36 AM, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> On 08/28/2017 10:24 AM, Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
>> Just FYI, qpdf finally cleared "NEW" and is now in debian experimental.
>> The version there is 7.0~b1-3. I did some packaging updates to, among
>> other things, remove use of cdbs in favor of straight dh. I will
>> probably release a b2 release soon. Someone's been exposing memory
>> errors using libfuzzer, and I'm getting to test clean with address
>> sanitizer. Once I've done that, I will probably release b2. I need a few
>> hours to be ready for a final 7.0.0. When do I need to do that so it can
>> be in Artful? I'd rather not have a beta version sitting around in a
>> Ubuntu release, even if it's not LTS. I will also put 7.0.0 in debian
>> unstable which will trigger a transition that will include cups-filters.
>> I'm not sure what your process is for updating cups-filters in debian.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>
> As 7.0~b1 -> 7.0.0 only adds bug fixes this can happen at any time
> before release (theoretically until one week before, Thu, Oct 12), but
> preferably until Fri, Sep 22 (last work day before final beta freeze).
>
> See also
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule
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> The Debian packages of cups-filters are uploaded by Didier Raboud
> (OdyX, CCed). He will upload as soon as the new QPDF is available.
>
> Till
>
I expect to have final 7.0 comfortably before that. Thanks.
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