Bug#807654: jessie-pu: package python-django/1.7.11-1
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:56:58 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> I would like to update python-django in jessie to the latest upstream bug
> fix release in the 1.7.x branch, aka 1.7.11. It should also be the last
> upstream release in that branch since it's now unsupported upstream.
>
Please go ahead.
Also note that these comments:
> I already argued for that during the freeze but it's still the same now:
> Django is a sane upstream that does not add new features in branches
> of released versions, they only fix bugs and security issues. They have
> a large test suite and it's easier for us to maintain Django over the
> next 4 years to be as close as possible to the last released version.
>
[...]
> (I want to do the same for wheezy with 1.4.22, but I'll wait the outcome
> of this one before doing the work for wheezy, so it would be nice from you
> to have a timely answer)
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 09:49:37 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Hello dear release team,
>
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2015, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> > I would like to update python-django in jessie to the latest upstream bug
> > fix release in the 1.7.x branch, aka 1.7.11. It should also be the last
> > upstream release in that branch since it's now unsupported upstream.
>
> So I got no response in the 1.5 months between my submission and the
> last point release. I hope that my request will be first in line for the
> next round.
>
... have the opposite effect of what you're saying you would like. They
certainly don't motivate anyone to look at your requests with any kind
of priority.
On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 16:50:19 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Please see the upstream release notes here for all versions between what's
> in jessie and what I want to upload:
>
Thanks for the additional information.
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/releases/1.7.8/
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/releases/1.7.9/
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/releases/1.7.10/
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/releases/1.7.11/
[...]
> I have added the above links in debian/changelog in my debian/jessie-updates
> branch.
>
Especially for stable updates, the changelog should include the actual
useful information directly, not links (or not *just* links).
Cheers,
Julien
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