Dmitry Smirnov <only...@member.fsf.org> schrieb: > --nextPart3575724.xime2j9Qld > Content-Type: Text/Plain; > charset="windows-1251" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 06:07:18 Julien Cristau wrote: >> At this point my preference would go towards removing zabbix from >> wheezy. The new version was uploaded too late for the freeze, and if >> nobody's fixing 1.8 then there's no point shipping that. > > It is true that 1.8 have problems that we already fixed in 2.0. > So it comes down to the question is 2.0 good enough to replace 1.8. > > Removing Zabbix 1.8 feels like punishing for my poor timing.=20 > (Personally I have a pretty good excuse for it). > > Yes 2.0 was uploaded late, but it is done well. > Now it is 45 days without new bugs. > > I don't want to see Zabbix removed and this won't help our relationships=20 > with upstream. > > I was not involved to 1.8 maintenance and therefore it is a bit challenging= >=20 > for me to get into it quick enough. > Looking after both versions is more difficult but I'll see what I can do. > > Meanwhile I'd like to discuss pros and cons of replacing 1.8 with 2.0 pleas= > e.
For stable-security backporting security issues wasn't feasible due to a lack of continued upstream support for 1.8.x and invasive/complex changes. This shouldn't happen again. If there's no commitment from upstream to support a long term branch it should rather be removed from testing. Cheers, Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-release-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnk6jmub.5ur....@inutil.org