On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:08:02AM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
> tags 928381 wontfix
> thanks
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> On Fri, 3 May 2019 13:48:43 +0300 Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> wrote:
> > I am aware that new upstream versions are not usually allowed in during
> > a release freeze; however, the upstream author has said that the changes
> > in the stunnel internal operation to fix the thread interlock problem
> > are too extensive to be easily backported :(
>
> We're too uncomfortable with all the changes (they are too big to
> properly review). I recognize that the bug isn't pretty, but introducing
> new ones at this stage is even less so (that's why we have the freeze).
Thanks for considering this and for the reply; I cannot say that
I didn't expect such a resolution at all.
Just for my information, is there a chance that this upgrade could be
allowed later on during the buster lifecycle as a stable update?
Thanks for everything you are doing for Debian!
G'luck,
Peter
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