On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 08:46:11AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Summary: in #354355, it has been reported that the current version in etch > is the same than in sarge and it's so severly outdated that upstream can > no longer support it security wise and that upstream developers would > prefer having no sympa package at all instead of having this outdated > version.
> After several rounds in experimental, the maintainer managed to get a > working package of sympa 5.2.3 with the help of Jean-Charles Delepine. > Please unblock sympa/5.2.3-1 (which is otherwise ready to go in) to solve > this bug in etch. Done; an update of this magnitude wouldn't normally qualify for a freeze exception, but having followed the bug discussions, it looks like the only other option at this point would be to drop the package from etch -- an option that is still open to us anyway if the new sympa doesn't work out. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
