SRU review
Please could you explain why "minor-corrections-in-makefile-and-test-
sh.patch" is required - in particular the change to Makefile.in, but
also the test change? If only parts are required, can the patch be made
more minimal?
> [ Where problems could occur ]
I accept that this is a bug and the fix is correct. However, I'm
concerned about how the proposed change in behaviour might affect users
of 20.04 relying on the current behaviour, even if it is incorrect. If a
user already has scripting relying on this behaviour, it'll break.
Notably, this is being proposed for 20.04 rather than the current LTS.
We're four years from release now; I'd expect few new deployments on
20.04 at this point. Given its age and the existence of a newer LTS,
users also expect behaviour to be more stable with fewer exceptions at
this point in the 20.04 release lifecycle.
Perhaps this is what you meant by "If the changed condition of IF was
done wrong" but it's not clear to me if this risk has been considered in
depth.
For example, can you work around this problem in mkvterm instead, just
for 20.04, so that the impact to users can be fixed without risking
breaking existing users of socat who might be relying on the problem
behaviour? If not, can we arrange for some interaction between mkvterm
and socat to switch behaviour only if specifically requested?
** Changed in: socat (Ubuntu Focal)
Status: In Progress => Incomplete
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