Bug#1000355: bullseye-pu: package nano/5.4-2+deb11u1
Control: tag -1 confirmed
On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 01:29:56AM +0100, Jordi Mallach wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> Tags: bullseye
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: pu
>
> [ Reason ]
>
> As we did early during the freeze, nano's upstream Benno Schulenberg has
> been maintaining a series of patches against nano 5.4, which backport
> crashes fixes and other big impact fixes for Debian's version of nano.
>
> [ Impact ]
>
> We will miss several crash (and general bugs) fixes in different
> situations and scenarios.
>
> [ Tests ]
>
> Patches have been tested individually against 5.4, and have had a wider
> testing in the newer nano versions in which the fixes were introduced.
>
> [ Risks ]
>
> There is a big amount of patches, but most of them are one or
> two-liners. Of course, the risk of any of them introducing new bugs is
> real, but given Benno's knowledge of the codebase, it is unlikely.
>
> [ Checklist ]
> [X] *all* changes are documented in the d/changelog
> - I've only mentioned the addition of a bundle of patches, not
> each one of them in detail. I can add a list of patches like in
> the changes section below, if that's preferred.
> [X] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
> [X] attach debdiff against the package in (old)stable
> [X] the issue is verified as fixed in unstable
>
Go ahead, thanks.
Cheers,
Julien
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