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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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