On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 18:00:31 +0100, "Davide G. M. Salvetti"
<sa...@linux.it> wrote:

> MS> Probably already fixed in unstable.  However, I wanted to try to
> MS> make sure that this gets fixed for jessie.  :-)
> 
> I confirm that 11.88-1 already contains this patch.
> 
> About fixing it for Jessie, I don't think that we can get an unblock on
> this issue given Jessie Freeze Policy guidelines
> <https://release.debian.org/jessie/freeze_policy.html#guidelines-changes>:
> 
>   - this bug severity level looks like normal to me, rather than
>     important;
>   - even if its severity level was important, the fix could not be done
>     via unstable, because unstable already has 11.88-1;
>   - fixes done via testing-proposed-updates need to be targeted for
>     release critical bugs.
> 
> If you think that the freeze policy allows an upload fixing this issue,
> please let me know: [...]

It doesn't look like it, does it?  :-(

Oh well, if I need auctex on a Jessie system then I'll use the
backport.  I'll jump to the next testing release on my main
machine anyway.

Thanks for educating me about the policy, preparing the patch... and for
maintaining the auctex package!  :-)

peace & happiness,
martin


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