Hi Dirk

See below.

On 14 March 2017 at 22:27, Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> wrote:

>
> Hi Ola,
>
> On 14 March 2017 at 22:04, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> | For stable I think 3.1.1+deb8u1 should be used.
> | For oldstable I think 3.1.1+deb7u1 should be used.
>
> My primary concern is helping Moritz and the security team.
>
> Would stable and oldstable be extra uploads?  Can you do those?
>

Stable and unstable uploads will be separate. Yes I can do those.
At least I can do it for oldstable. I'm not 100% sure for stable as I'm not
perfectly
up to date to the procedure there.


>
> | If you first unpack the source using dpkg-source -x ... and then do the
> | modifications (assuming you have stepped the revision in the changelog)
> you
> | can simply run debdiff to get the difference between this revision and
> the
> | previous. It is very convenient for people to review it.
>
> Yeah, I think I used it in the past.
>
> | Here is some more information on the procedure for wheezy.
> |
> | https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Development
>
> That's not the same page Moritz sent me to. But I can take a peek.
>
> But first things first:  Let's get us jessie-security right.  Anything but
> the version label I need to change?
>

I could not find anything else.

With my LTS hat on I think oldstable is equally important. :-)


>
> | Let me know if you "only" want to build the correction or if you also
> want to
> | help out with the upload and/or if you also want to send the DLA.
> |
> | When you upload the oldstable package (wheezy-security) make sure you
> | include the .orig file in that upload (special build flag) or else it
> will not
> | be accepted.
>
> Sure.
>
> I will also need to update a Docker container as my pbuilder already bailed
> when trying the jessie package.
>
> | I'm only speaking in terms of wheezy update now as I help out with the
> | oldstable
> | update, not stable updates.
>
> Moritz or anybody else from security:  what else is left to do?
>
>
Best regards

// Ola


> Cheers, Dirk
>
> --
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>



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