Bug#810617: applying fix to stable

[chrysn]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 08:46:52PM +0200, chrysn wrote:
> unless [...], the next easiest solution would be packaging a 1.15
> version (fix is in everythin newer than 1.15.4).

After a closer look at cairo's versioning scheme, it has become clear
that packaging 1.15.8 is not directly an option, as odd numbers there
indicate snapshots rather than releases.

Nevertheless, I gave it a try (turned out that taking the snapshot as a
new orig tarball takes no more than the usual
merging/changelogging/patch-refreshing, plus a few new symbols), and
indeed the issue is fixed in "1.15.8-0.1".

Maintainers, if having something like that in experimental is appealing
to you, I can push branches upstream-experimental-snapshots and
experimental-snapshots and a tag upstream-experimental-snapshots/1.15.8
to collab-maint (or to another place or with other names depending on
how you manage those things).

Best regards
chrysn

-- 
You don't use science to show that you're right, you use science to become right.
  -- Randall Munroe
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