Bug#842641: RFS: autoconf/2.69-10~bpo8+1
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:16:18AM +0100, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> > Hi Ben,
> >
> > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "autoconf".
> > > Some packages depends on the new --runstatedir option which was added in 2.69-9,
> > > before they can be built for jessie-backports. Ex connman.
> > > Is this request okay with you Ben, or do you want to handle it?
> >
> > I sponsored this upload in deferred/10, let me know if it sounds good to you
> > (being in lowNMU threshold helps here :) thanks for that)
>
> Thanks for helping. I was planning to sponsor, but it's even easier
> since you got to it first.
Autoconf is a very important package and I don't think we want a backport
that is not maintained by a regular uploader.
Alex- Backports ftpmaster
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