Bug#859599: unblock: qemu/1:2.8+dfsg-4

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

Michael Tokarev:
> 05.04.2017 20:42, Niels Thykier wrote:
>> Control: tags -1 moreinfo
>>
>> On Wed, 05 Apr 2017 09:35:19 +0300 Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> wrote:
>>> Package: release.debian.org
>>> Severity: normal
>>> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
>>> Usertags: unblock
>>>
>>> Please unblock package qemu
>>>
>>> Upstream released a new stable/bugfix version which
>>> includes many changes we already had in debian
>>> package, but picked up more accurately (especially
>>> the 9pfs changes), and includes other bugfixes which
>>> were found since 2.8.0 release. After careful review
>>> of the changes upstream released I tend to think it
>>> is better to have whole set than to cherry-pick from
>>> a cherry-pick.
>>>
>>> I'd rather follow upstream here than to roll our own
>>> selection which no one knows how to deal with :)
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>
>> Just to be sure, are you recommending 1:2.8+dfsg-4 or that we go with
>> upstream's 2.8.1 release?
> 
> Historically, for some reason I don't remember what, we
> kept the "major" upstream version and source in qemu and
> used just a patch (v2.8.1.patch in this case) pulled from
> upstream (tarball or git difference, which is the same in
> this case).
> 
> [...]
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> /mjt
> 

Hi,

I don't remember that reason either and no one was able to remind me. :)

Could I convince you to do a debdiff of the upstream release as an
actual new upstream release (and not just stuff into a big patch wrapped
up with fake version number)?  :)

Thanks,
~Niels