thoughts on GnuTLS 2.6 for lenny?

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2008-10-13 Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg at fifthhorseman.net> wrote:
> Hey debian GnuTLS maintainers--

> What do people think about GnuTLS 2.6.x for lenny?

> I've been using Andreas Metzler's experimental 2.5.9-1 packages
> locally for over a week now, with no problems.  There has been no
> soname bump, so it could be a drop-in replacement.

> I know that lenny is in a freeze now, so the default answer is
> probably no.  However, i have my own reasons for wanting to see 2.6.x
> in lenny (I'm working on packages that make use of some of the
> features in 2.6 which i'd like to be able to easily install on lenny
> once lenny releases).  If lenny was about to release in a week, i'd
> hold off from asking this question, but that unfortunately doesn't
> seem to be the case.

> So what do folks think?  Are there other reasons to push for a freeze
> exception for GnuTLS 2.6.x in lenny?  Would it be a terrible idea to
> do so?

Hello,

I do not think GnuTLS 2.6.x has a chance for acceptance in Lenny by
the release team. It is a feature adding release with a huge diff of a
core library. The gain/pain factor simply is not right at that point
of the release process. - We are there at trying hard to release by
fixing stuff, it just takes time.
cu andreas