Bug#961443: buster-pu: package perl/5.28.2

[Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>]

Control: tags -1 - moreinfo

On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 09:44:29AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
> 
> On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 12:14:27AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> > Further to the above, we now have a no-dsa security issue to push out
> > to buster (and stretch, but we prefer a more traditional approach there
> > because of the relative size of changes and age of the release).
> > 
> > The security issues in question are tracked at #962005.
> > 
> > I attach the additional diff between 5.28.2 and 5.28.3 (which was
> > purely a security release) - again, excluding doc and version churn.
> > 
> > Please do let me know if you would be okay with this approach, and
> > we can get the ball rolling.
> 
> We're no longer proposing this approach for the immediate update
> pending concerns around smooth upgrades (cf #962138). We expect this
> an be fixable but in the meantime I'm temporarily withdrawing the
> proposal.
> 
> Expect to see a regular point release proposal with cherry-picks
> shortly (for both buster and stretch).

Okay, we seem to have a stable fix for this issue (as of 5.30.3-4),
so I think we can put the new version bump proposal for buster back on
the table.

What do you think?

Cheers
Dominic