On Thu, 2019-03-21 at 20:28 +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote: > for an upcoming stretch point release, I'd like to contribute a new > version of the file package. This got a bit bigger so I'm using the > old style of seeking approval before uploading. [...] > So this escalated at little, and instead of picking a single commit, > I ended with the number of 26 ... But I am certain it's worth it. > > Still there is an increased risk of introducing regressions, > therefore I'd like to give that package some time to mature. Hence no > security release, and if there are major concerns I might agree to > wait until the second-next point release if the next one is less then > four weeks in the future.
Apologies for not getting back to you sooner. Assuming I count correctly, your mail was from approximately 6 weeks before the date of the upcoming 9.9 point release. > For my side, I did my usual checks, they all passed: The output of > file on a huge collection (>> 100k) of various files, diffing the > buildlogs, checking some packages that heavily depend on > file/libmagic. So I'm optimistic there is no change for worse. That sounds promising. Has the package been tested on any further systems in the meantime? Regards, Adam
