Re: Better communication about spectre/meltdown

2018-03-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2018-03-03 at 20:40 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sat, 2018-03-03 at 11:07 -0500, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 03, 2018 at 03:22:14PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > > > I think that backporting gcc-4.9 and building the kernel with it (for > > > x86) is lower risk than

Re: Don't upload LTS versions without plan for (old)stable too (was: Re: Wheezy update of irssi?)

2018-03-08 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 12:05 AM, Guido Günther wrote: > We will have to do the work anyway once oldstable becomes LTS, same > holds for stable. Indeed. IIRC the security team has the same approach for unstable. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

Re: Don't upload LTS versions without plan for (old)stable too (was: Re: Wheezy update of irssi?)

2018-03-08 Thread Guido Günther
Hi Holger, On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 02:42:47PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: [..snip..] > > So, for my own packages: You are free to LTS upload them anytime you > > want to, but ONLY if you are also willing to check that the things get > > fixed in our main supported releases, too. > > While I total

Re: Don't upload LTS versions without plan for (old)stable too (was: Re: Wheezy update of irssi?)

2018-03-08 Thread Rhonda D'Vine
Hey, * Holger Levsen [2018-03-08 15:42:47 CET]: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 03:11:25PM +0100, Rhonda D'Vine wrote: > > I've got a response by Ingo telling me that the LTS team is > > underfunded. For the sake of that, wouldn't it be wise to apply similar > > judgment as the security team towar

Re: Don't upload LTS versions without plan for (old)stable too (was: Re: Wheezy update of irssi?)

2018-03-08 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Rhonda, On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 03:11:25PM +0100, Rhonda D'Vine wrote: > Thanks. Are there any plans to work on the oldstable and stable update > too, or is the LTS approach really just to prioritize oldoldstable > higher than stable or oldstable? I think this is an unfair characterisation.