On Sun, 2020-04-26 at 14:37 -0400, Boyuan Yang wrote:
> Control: tags -1 -moreinfo
> 
> Hi Adam,
> 
> 在 2020-04-26星期日的 18:23 +0100,Adam D. Barratt写道:
> > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
> > 
> > On Sun, 2020-04-26 at 13:05 -0400, Boyuan Yang wrote:
> > > I just took over maintenance of src:taglib via the ITS process.
> > > It
> > > has a popcon of 90000+ with an annoying bug 
> > > https://bugs.debian.org/915281 floating
> > > around for 4 years. It corrupts OGG files under certain
> > > circumstances
> > > and this bug is fixed in all major Linux distributions except
> > > Debian/Ubuntu.
> > > 
> > 
> > The metadata for that bug suggests that it affects the package in
> > unstable, and is not yet fixed there? Is that correct?
> 
> Currently yes, since I'm still evaluating whether I'd backport the
> patch on Sid or directly package upstream new relesae (1.12).

Thanks.

> Do we need to solve the bug on Sid/Testing first before doing a
> stable update?

Having the issue resolved in unstable is usually a prerequisite, yes.
The fix doesn't have to have reached testing (although obviously it's
expected that it /will/).

Regards,

Adam

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