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Re: 2.11.4: Call for testing


On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 12:42:34PM +0200, Petr Baudis wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 12:47:46PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 12:15:41PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > > 8887a920a4b81a500f54893250085e0d1a52cf9a Fix unnecessary overallocation due to incomplete character
> > > 7ae22829afb2b4ca531d1c00437d428f55d59341 Restore _res correctly
> 
> They both look good, thanks! I have taken them now.
> 
> > This one might also be important security-wise:
> > 70181fddf1467996bea393d13294ffe76b8a0853 Change setgroups to affect all the threads in the process.
> 
> Here, I was worried about potential compatibility issues in case any
> program relied on the existing behavior. Does anyone else have an
> opinion either way?

That's actually a good point. I have been asked to get this change into
stable, as some software (e.g. forked-daapd) are broken without that.

> P.S.: Do you plan to do further testing of release/2.11/master, and
> in what time master? Whoever else is interested in the branch, if you
> could let me know about your testing plans, that would be great so that
> we can coordinate testing and release.
> 

I am preparing an upload for Debian Squeeze, I am currently testing it
on a few machines. The plan is to upload it just after Debian 6.0.3 is
released, so that it get some wider testing before it appears in Debian
6.0.4 release. The plan is therefore to upload it in a few weeks.

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Aurelien Jarno	                        GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73
aurelien@aurel32.net                 http://www.aurel32.net


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