Bug#825512: jessie-pu: package policykit-1/0.105-15~deb8u1
Control: reopen -1
[re-sending having un-archived the bug]
On Sat, 2016-05-28 at 11:37 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + pending
>
> On Fri, 2016-05-27 at 20:50 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > Control: tags -1 + confirmed
> >
> > On Fri, 2016-05-27 at 13:06 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> > > we'd like to make a stable upload for policykit-1 in the upcoming jessie
> > > point release.
> > >
> > > The policykit-1 package didn't have a new upstream release in sid, but
> > > we backported a lot of fixes from newer upstream versions, including
> > > quite a few CVEs and important memory leak fixes [1].
> > > The policykit-1 package in sid is in a much better shape then what we
> > > have in jessie.
> > >
> > > We therefor think it's best to simply upload the current package from
> > > sid, which has been cooking for a very long time, as is to stable.
> > >
> > > I know the debdiff is large but I think the vast majority of the changes
> > > are stable material and it's simply unfeasible to create and test yet
> > > another stack of patches. I would therefor urge you to consider to
> > > accept the attached debdiff.
> >
> > Assuming that the resulting package has been tested on jessie, under the
> > circumstances I'm prepared to trust your judgement. Please go ahead.
>
> Uploaded and flagged for acceptance.
Contrary to my over-hasty closing back in June (which no-one corrected
in the meantime), this actually wasn't included in the 8.5 point
release, due to last minute regressions raised in #825956.
Michael, am I reading the bug log correctly that the issues turned out
not to be due to the policykit-1 update? If so, should the package now
been included in 8.6?
Regards,
Adam
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