Bug#692734: unblock: ettercap/0.7.5-4
Hi,
> A new upstream version 0.7.5 of ettercap (a network sniff/attack tool)
> fixes a variety of security issues. It does not seem practical to me
> to backport the fixes, because many of them are made on top of
> non-security-related changes, and teasing them apart etc would be a
> great deal of work and also quite error-prone.
> The upstream team is very eager to get the new version in place, and I
> find their reasoning compelling.
Well, as a Debian Developer you should know that during a freeze, no
new upstream releases are allowed into testing. You should therefore
either cherrypick the fixes or request a removal of the package from
testing.
I am pretty sure that the new upstream release has little to no
chances to get into testing, so I would like to ask you to take one of
the two aforementioned actions.
It's a bit frustrating to see that the release gets delayed because of
situations like these. The relase policy has been known for a long
time and you should adhere to it.
Cheers,
Adrian
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