On 15.08.2012 15:21, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
So is this settled? Emacs wheezy won't get Emacs 24? Ancient Emacs
version in Debian for another two more years unless you use
backports?
Emacs 24 appears not to have been released upstream until less than
three weeks before the freeze. The package wasn't uploaded to the
Debian archive until the day before the freeze. Neither of those things
argues for including a major new version in the release.
What should be done about security flaws?
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/152457
Erm, they should be fixed, clearly. I'm not sure I understand your
point though, as there appears to be a tiny patch for emacs 23 linked
from that URL.
I think there is still time to get Emacs into wheezy. It's a widely
used package, so I think there is still time during the freeze cycle
to test it.
The point of the freeze isn't to test new things. It's to fix the
serious (enough) bugs we have in the packages already in testing and
make sure everything works well together to produce a quality release.
Adding new software after the freeze doesn't seem to help towards those
goals.
Regards,
Adam
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