Bug#964588: stretch-pu: package fwupd/0.7.4-2
Hi Steve,
On Thu, 2020-07-09 at 10:20 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> We'd like to push an update into the last stretch point release for
> fwupd. The last version in stretch (0.7.4-2) is now considered so old
> that it's (a) not really functional any more, and (b) no longer
> supported by upstream. There are also security worries
> (CVE-2020-10759) with this version. We've discussed this with the
> security team (in CC) and they're keen to see this addressed, but
> maybe via the PU process before it hits LTS.
>
> To fix all this, we'd like to switch to a supported stable release
> branch as supported by upstream (0.8.x); Mario, the primary
> maintainer in Debian, is also part of the upstream development team
> and has been working to maintain that. Apparently Ubuntu and other
> distros have switched to this already.
ACK.
> This *does* mean that the debdiff is *way* too large to fit in mail,
> sorry. :-( I've put a copy up at
>
> https://www.einval.com/~steve/debian/fwupd_0.8.3-1_amd64.debdiff.gz
>
> for reference.
Could we have a binary debdiff, please? That's potentially more
interesting to look at right now, particularly with the packaging
changes.
Regards,
Adam
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