backport patches for RC 1.8.1.5 release

[Mike Hommey]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 07:38:46PM +0200, Alexander Sack <asac at debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 07:13:29PM +0200, Alexander Sack wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 07:04:43PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 04:42:35PM +0200, Alexander Sack <asac at debian.org> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > as you might know security updates will roll quick, so I prepared
> > > > a patchset that contains backports for fixes that have not been landed
> > > > in 1.8.0 cvs. The contained fixes are those targetted for the next
> > > > "distribution-release".
> > > 
> > > Will these be landed before release or not ?
> > 
> > We hope to ... but no guarantee.
> 
> To clarify: we will include all fixes in "official"
> distributor-release ... however as such a release has to be shipped from
> official cvs tag it might just not be out in synch with 1.8.1.5
> release.
> 
> I sent these patches here in order to get additional feedback and to
> provide you with a way to release in time. Any tests appreciated. If
> you want to be CCed on embargoed security bugs to verify if testcases
> are fixed, just say so.

I don't know when I'll have enough time to tackle all this. How long is
it before official release ?

Mike