Bug#854040: unblock: iptables/1.6.1

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

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Arturo Borrero Gonzalez:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: unblock
> 
> Dear release team,
> 
> thanks for your awesome work with Debian. I really appreciate it.
> 
> In debian stretch/sid, we currently have iptables 1.6.0+snapshot20161117-5.
> 
> Upstream has released iptables 1.6.1, but by the time of the upstream release
> I had no time to upload to unstable due to our freeze and the 10 days
> testing migration delay.
> 
> I, hereby, ask for permission to upload iptables 1.6.1 to unstable targeting
> debian stretch.
> 
> This request is previous to any effort by my side to package this new
> upstream release, so I have no debdiff or the like.
> However, I have counted that our package is ~17 commits behind the upstream
> code.
> 
> There are no hidden interests in this request. Please, decide according
> to your needs and the needs of Stretch.
> 

Hi Arturo,

Thanks for bring this up.

Without any additional information, it is hard for us to review this
request.  The easiest for us is if you attach a source debdiff between
testing and unstable plus the change log to the request.

Thanks,
~Niels