Bug#702933: unblock: duplicity/0.6.20-3

[Jonathan Wiltshire <jmw@debian.org>]

On 2013-03-20 07:34, Alexander Zangerl wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:24:28 +0100, intrigeri writes:
> > > this problem is solved in the version in unstable (0.6.20-3),
> > Any particular reason why #702563 is not marked as such, then?
>
> sorry, i overlooked that; closed now.
>
> > Would debian/patches/02unicode.dpatch apply to the duplicity version
> > currently in Wheezy? If not, how hard would it be to extract the
> > minimal upstream changes needed by this workaround?
>
> both 682837 and 702563 are not hard to retrofit - but isn't that
> against the freeze policy?
>
> the way i understand '3. fixes for severity: important bugs in 
> packages
> of priority: optional or extra, only when this can be done via 
> unstable'
> would mean that only what's in unstable can be considered at this 
> time...
> but please correct me if i'm wrong!
>
> > So, I recommend you investigate how targeted fixes for the most
> > serious bugs could go into Wheezy through t-p-u.
>
> i've just completed that and prepared a 0.6.18-7 for tpu; the
> much much more manageable debdiff is attached. if nobody complains 
> loudly
> about further problems i'll upload that in a day.

NACK. The diff you attached also includes three versions prior to that 
numbered above; things like "include new [...] backend" and fixing 
wishlist bugs are big no-nos at this stage of the freeze. Besides that 
it's also huge.

I'd be more open to properly isolated fixes for #682837 and #702563, 
which is what I assume you intended to do here.

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