Should we have a 2.29.1 point release ?

[Michael Matz]

Hi,

On Wed, 16 Aug 2017, Matthias Klose wrote:

> On 14.08.2017 18:48, Nick Clifton wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> > 
> >   I realise that the 2.29 release has only just happened, but it seems 
> >   that several important bug fixes have gone into the 2.29 branch, and 
> >   I was wondering whether they were enough to justify a 2.29.1 point
> >   release.
> > 
> >   What do people think ?
> 
> please could you backport the fix for PR binutils/21820? applies cleanly, and
> tested in the Debian/Ubuntu system binutils package.
> 
> Somebody (Gentoo?) is also fuzz-testing binutils, generating a lot of CVE
> reports. Should these fixes be backported to the branch as well?  I usually see
> them with the Debian CVE imports at
> https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/binutils

That would be very nice, especially if it's so short after release.  Most 
of these segfault fixes apply cleanly, so putting the on the branch would 
be very welcome and easy (at least) my life.


Ciao,
Michael.