Bug#1052222: bullseye-pu: package python2.7/2.7.18-8+deb11u1

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

Control: tags -1 confirmed

On Tue, 2023-09-19 at 10:36 +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> I know that officially, we do not consider Python 2.7 covered by
> security support. In bullseye, it has merely been kept to support a
> small minority of applications that would otherwise have been
> removed.
> Freexian SARL has an interest in updating it anyway. I am therefore
> proposing a PU that fixes know security issues in Python 2.7. Do you
> think we can accept this into bullseye? I recognize that such an
> update
> could be seen as a promise of support. Therefore, I've Cc'ed the
> security team to have them veto if desired. In effect, Freexian
> currently makes this promise to customers and will continue to update
> security issues in Python 2.7 as it enters LTS. So we might as well
> do it now already.
> 

Please go ahead.

Regards,

Adam