>>>>> "Adam" == Adam D Barratt <a...@adam-barratt.org.uk> writes:
Adam> Even accounting for the patch overhead, the diff is still somewhat Adam> larger than most we'd usually handle via proposed-updates. That's not Adam> necessarily a blocker in and of itself, but we are rapidly approaching Adam> the cut-off point for the next point release and I don't think I'm Adam> likely to have time to do a proper review myself before that point. Adam> Bearing that in mind I'm afraid it's possible that the changes might Adam> need to be looked at for 6.0.6 rather than the upcoming 6.0.5. Yes indeed, this is a large change that adds an entirely new capability (support of cards with PIV (Personal Identity Verification) features). So this isn't a typical single critical bug fix update. Time is an issue no matter which update is considered, so let me add a little more background and triage to help smooth the process. I've added a squeeze branch in the phg-coolkey subversion repository at http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-coolkey/coolkey/tags/squeeze/debian/patches/ Patches 01* through 06* are already in squeeze. Patches 07* though 09* have had some time in testing. Patch 10* is large, and I suspect few people beyond its author Robert Relyea really understand all the changes. Patch 11* and 12* are new to Debian, but are a bit simpler and keep things from crashing on our users for situtations that have been observed in practice. Patches 01*-09* have been in Ubuntu since Natty Narwhal, and follow the patch series used in RHEL and Fedora distributions. Of cource patch 10* went through whatever review processes were involved in updateing RHEL: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2011-0111.html All these patches have been around over a year and appear to have a good record in other distibutions. Of course the fact that user's cards are expiring and replaced by the new format cards means that the "stable" Linux distributions are motivated to perform this update. Robert Relyea has long been involved in the Network Security Services (NSS) code. Coolkey interoperates well with several NSS using applications. I have been able to test with both the cards available when squeeze was released and the newer PIV style cards iceweasel, icedove and evolution in Debian and with the "DBsign Universal Web Signer" Java applet used by some web sites. Thanks for consideration, -Maitland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
