Bug#828630: jessie-pu: package libbusiness-creditcard-perl/0.33-1+deb8u1
On Tue, 2016-06-28 at 11:26 -0700, Ivan Kohler wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 06:18:55PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Jun 2016 17:00:36 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 2016-06-26 at 15:10 +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
> > > > I've prepared an update for libbusiness-creditcard-perl in
> > > > jessie{,-updates} which fixes #814479 for stable users. The issue at
> > > > hand is that the credit card ranges of several providers need to be
> > > > updated.
> > > That bug report says "[t]he most important change in this release is
> > > recognition of new MasterCard ranges which will be issued starting in
> > > October 2016". Given that (I'd really hope that) the next point release
> > > will be well before October, are any of the other changes sufficiently
> > > urgent to need a -updates release?
[...]
> I do have concerns that we are "really hoping" a point release will be
> in a specific timeframe. I'm not saying that it won't be or anything
> bad about the release folks - I'm just concerned about _relying_ on such
> a thing.
I sense things may have got slightly lost in translation there - the
"really hope" wasn't an suggestion that it wouldn't have happened, more
that if it hasn't happened well before then, then something has gone
quite wrong.
In practical terms, given that the 8.5 point release was early this
month, 8.6 should be some time during August.
Regards,
Adam
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