Hi, On Wed, 25 Nov 2015, Santiago Ruano Rincón wrote: > According to [1], there are six packages that have issues with mysql-5.5 > and dbconfig-common. To being able to propose mysql-5.5 we need to > update those packages first, modifying the problematic syntax. If those > changes are compatible with mysql 5.1 and 5.5, is it OK to upload the > packages to squeeze-lts, even if these are not security issues? > I mean, I hope the users won't need an additional repository to use > these mysql-5.5-related packages.
I think it's OK yes. The LTS team is a mix of security and stable release team since nobody else is looking after squeeze. But I would suggest to not release any "DLA" but just a simple mail announcing why those packages are updated... > I plan to ask the concerned maintainers if they are interested on > updating their packages. Ok. But state clearly that we will update the packages soon. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Support Debian LTS: http://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html Learn to master Debian: http://debian-handbook.info/get/
