Hi Samuel,

On Thu, Jan 02, 2025 at 01:17:38AM +0100, Samuel Henrique wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Control: affects -1 + src:curl
> X-Debbugs-Cc: c...@packages.debian.org
> User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: pu
> Tags: bookworm
> Severity: normal
> 
> [ Reason ]
> I would like to backport wcurl into stable, wcurl is a script which we ship as
> part of the curl package on unstable and testing.
> 
> wcurl is a command line tool which lets you download URLs without having to
> remember any parameters.
> 
> https://samueloph.dev/blog/announcing-wcurl-a-curl-wrapper-to-download-files/
> 
> https://curl.se/wcurl/
> 
> [ Impact ]
> Users need to use wcurl from bookworm-backports or wait until the next stable
> release.
> 
> [ Tests ]
> wcurl has unit testing and is shipped and tested in other OSes.
> 
> [ Risks ]
> wcurl is a POSIX-compliant shell script with 318 lines of code including
> comments.
> 
> There's a risk here if the user already installed something at /usr/bin/wcurl,
> but if that's the case, it's very likely they manually installed wcurl itself.
> 
> [ Checklist ]
>   [x] *all* changes are documented in the d/changelog
>   [x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
>   [x] attach debdiff against the package in (old)stable
>   [x] the issue is verified as fixed in unstable
> 
> [ Changes ]
> Install wcurl and wcurl.1 on the curl package.
> 
> [ Other info ]
> This is not a bugfix, so I will understand if the release team rejects this. I
> wanted to at least create the request as I believe it's a good change for 
> stable
> users.

Can you include as well the fix for the no-DSA CVE-2024-9681?

Regards,
Salvatore

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