Wookey writes ("Bug#841294: Overrule maintainer of "global" to package a new upstream version"): > OK, as Punit and I have prepared a current 6.5.5 which would be a > candidate for a 'modern' release, and I think it's useful to have such > a version available for people to test and file bugs against, I will > do a 5-day delayed NMU to experimental. Putting it in experimental > does not imply automatic transtion to stretch, nor block uploads via > unstable, so seems a reasonable thing to do. > > This version is not perfect, but it is current with updated > packaging. I'll include details of the known issues in one of the > 'please can we have a new version' bugs. I think it's more useful to > have the current state of play avalable than for me to keep messing > with it privately.
Hooray, thank you. Ian. -- Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> These opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.