Re: [zile-devel] Zile in Debian next release

[Nicolas Duboc]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 07:54:56PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote:
> >I'm considering uploading a package of the 1.7-b3 version.
> >I have been using it for few weeks and it seems quite stable.
> 
> That's a good idea, but there are several bugs fixed since then, including 
> security bugs, and I'm not sure how hard backporting the fixes would be.
> 
> It would seem rather irresponsible just to upload a package with known 
> security problems...OTOH, 1.7-b3 is definitely better than what is 
> currently there.

  Yes, indeed.

> Have you tried using CVS recently? It is pretty stable, but I suppose that 
> loading this into Debian now is probably not a good idea.

  It would need to be tested. I use 1.7beta3 with success, so this is
the version I want to upload.

> I would be happy to review the logs since 1.7b3 to try to find security 
> fixes that can be backported, if you like.

  Oh yes. Could you just find those security fixes ?
  I will try to include them in 1.7beta3 and upload corrected sources in
Debian as soon as possible (Sarge freeze seems to come rapidly).
 
  Thanks for your help and your work on zile.

-- 
Nicolas Duboc <address@hidden>