Andreas Enge <andr...@enge.fr> writes: > Hello, > > On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 03:15:38PM -0500, Mark H Weaver wrote: >> Alas, this will require at least 7000 rebuilds. After the current >> 'security-updates' branch is merged, this should go on the next >> 'security-updates' branch, together with more fixes for graphite2 and >> libsndfile. > > it looks like we are almost there. Do you think we could squeeze in an > evaluation and build of wip-pulseaudio after updating master and rebasing > the wip branch on master?
I'm reluctant to delay a critical security update like this, which apparently allows a compromised web site to perform remote code execution in our graphical web browsers. I, for one, am running text-only for now, and am impatient to return back to the modern era. What's the nature of the pulseaudio update? Why is it important? What do other people think? Mark