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Bug#692734: unblock: ettercap/0.7.5-4



As I've stated previously, I don't believe that backporting fixes is
really feasible.  There are too many, they are mixed with
non-security-related modifications, there would be enormous opportunity
for error, and ongoing security maintenance would be quite difficult.
Some background: upstream development stalled, and a new team has (with
the blessing of the retired old team) taken over.  The new team is
willing to do security updates on their versions, but it is not
realistic to expect them to be able to do security patches for an
ancient version full of backported patches.

On the other hand, I personally don't see any disadvantage to letting
0.7.5* in and pulling it if there is a problem, instead of just pulling
it preemptively in case there is a problem.  So that is my
recommendation.  The choice, however, is with the release team.

					--Barak.


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