> A recent Debian Security Advisory [1] warned that the package icedove had
> several security issues. These issues were resolved in version
> 10.0.6-1
> (and a
> different version for Squeeze). I notice, however, that while 10.0.6-2 is
> available in Sid, Wheezy is still at 10.0.5-1. This page [2] (which
> was linked
> to from the PTS) says "Not touching package due to block request by
> freeze".
> Shouldn't this be a freeze-exception, as it concerns security?
Probably yes. You could contact the package maintainers and ask them to
file an unblock request.
Cheers,
Sven
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08-22-2012, 02:41 PM
Camaleón
Icedove 10.0.6-1 or higher not in Wheezy
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:12:15 -0500, Alex Robbins wrote:
> A recent Debian Security Advisory [1] warned that the package icedove
> had several security issues. These issues were resolved in version
> 10.0.6-1 (and a
> different version for Squeeze). I notice, however, that while 10.0.6-2
> is available in Sid, Wheezy is still at 10.0.5-1. This page [2] (which
> was linked
> to from the PTS) says "Not touching package due to block request by
> freeze".
> Shouldn't this be a freeze-exception, as it concerns security?
(...)
Maybe it's still not there because is too recent or due to some packaging
problem :-?
Anyway, I think yes, even more being a security fix. Many packages have
been unblocked and got updated in wheezy regardless the current freeze
status, so asking for this would be desirable.
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08-24-2012, 03:46 PM
Camaleón
Icedove 10.0.6-1 or higher not in Wheezy
El 2012-08-22 a las 15:16 -0500, Alex Robbins escribió:
(resending to the list)
> On 08/22/2012 09:41 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:12:15 -0500, Alex Robbins wrote:
>>
>>> A recent Debian Security Advisory [1] warned that the package icedove
>>> had several security issues. These issues were resolved in version
>>> 10.0.6-1 (and a
>>> different version for Squeeze). I notice, however, that while 10.0.6-2
>>> is available in Sid, Wheezy is still at 10.0.5-1. This page [2] (which
>>> was linked
>>> to from the PTS) says "Not touching package due to block request by
>>> freeze".
>>> Shouldn't this be a freeze-exception, as it concerns security?
>> (...)
>>
>> Maybe it's still not there because is too recent or due to some packaging
>> problem :-?
>>
>> Anyway, I think yes, even more being a security fix. Many packages have
>> been unblocked and got updated in wheezy regardless the current freeze
>> status, so asking for this would be desirable.
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
> An unblock request has been filed. [1]
>
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=685600
And, good... And better yet, it should be unlocked by now :-)
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08-24-2012, 07:21 PM
Alex Robbins
Icedove 10.0.6-1 or higher not in Wheezy
On 08/24/2012 10:46 AM, Camaleón wrote:
El 2012-08-22 a las 15:16 -0500, Alex Robbins escribió:
(resending to the list)
On 08/22/2012 09:41 AM, Camaleón wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:12:15 -0500, Alex Robbins wrote:
A recent Debian Security Advisory [1] warned that the package icedove
had several security issues. These issues were resolved in version
10.0.6-1 (and a
different version for Squeeze). I notice, however, that while 10.0.6-2
is available in Sid, Wheezy is still at 10.0.5-1. This page [2] (which
was linked
to from the PTS) says "Not touching package due to block request by
freeze".
Shouldn't this be a freeze-exception, as it concerns security?
(...)
Maybe it's still not there because is too recent or due to some packaging
problem :-?
Anyway, I think yes, even more being a security fix. Many packages have
been unblocked and got updated in wheezy regardless the current freeze
status, so asking for this would be desirable.
Icedove 10.0.6-1 or higher not in Wheezy
