Bug#694378: unblock: apt-cacher-ng/0.7.11-1
Control: retitle -1 unblock: apt-cacher-ng/0.7.11-1
Hi,
0.7.10-1 introduced a new segfaulting bug, #694620. So the unblock
request is now for 0.7.11-1?
On 27/01/13 13:14, Eduard Bloch wrote:
>> intrigeri wrote (27 Nov 2012 10:58:28 GMT) :
>>> Eduard, given the apparent brokenness of the version currently in
>>> testing, the size of the delta, and the fact we've been frozen for
>>> months, have you considered preparing a minimal fix meant to fix these
>>> bugs for Wheezy?
>>
>> Ping?
>
> Well, (no offense implied) I am often puzzled at how people ask for
> "just the minimal fix" WRT complex software.
Well, development is still very active. Things have been changing quite
fast even during the freeze period. It's difficult to say there will be
no remaining crash/corruption bugs for a ~3-year life in stable.
> I could try to do that but the the extract would still require
> significant code changes and involve the risk of breaking something you
> don't see coming in the beginning.
I did have a glance through the changes last month, to look for a
smaller fix, but this was my conclusion as well.
> Those three months of testing in Sid
> are IMHO more worth for software quality than some wild patching.
>
>>> Another option would be to ask for removal from testing, and
>>> maintaining this package in backports during the Wheezy lifetime.
That sounds like a good idea to me; if the bad version in wheezy is
removed, the sid version could enter wheezy-backports immediately after
release, and that also allows any required updates to be made quickly...
Regards,
--
Steven Chamberlain
steven@pyro.eu.org
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