Re: Icedove 10.0.6-1 or higher not in Wheezy

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2012-08-21 22:12 +0200, Alex Robbins wrote:

> A recent Debian Security Advisory [1] warned that the package icedove had
> several security issues.  These issues were resolved in version
> 10.0.6-1 
> (and a
> different version for Squeeze).  I notice, however, that while 10.0.6-2 is
> available in Sid, Wheezy is still at 10.0.5-1.  This page [2] (which
> was linked
> to from the PTS) says "Not touching package due to block request by
> freeze".
> Shouldn't this be a freeze-exception, as it concerns security?

Probably yes.  You could contact the package maintainers and ask them to
file an unblock request.

Cheers,
       Sven