[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] recommendations for getting new features from libvirt v1.2.20 into Jessie?

[Guido Günther]

Hi,
On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 12:54:23PM -0400, Jonathan Toppins wrote:
> On 10/31/2015 09:36 AM, Guido Günther wrote:
> >Hi,
> >On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 06:21:08PM -0400, Jonathan Toppins wrote:
> >>Dear libvirt maintainers,
> >>
> >>I am specifically interested in getting commit 5c668a7 ("qemu: add udp
> >>interface support") from upstream into the Jessie version of libvirt. I
> >>currently have a custom build, but would like an easier way to distribute
> >>this to a larger set of users. I have backported the patch to the Jessie
> >>version of libvirt, would it be appropriate to take this patch in the Jessie
> >>version? Or would a jessie-backports of v1.2.20 be more appropriate?
> >
> >That's something for backports.
> >Cheers,
> >  -- Guido
> >
> 
> Thanks Guido, I was thinking that was the case just wanted to make sure. How
> does one go about getting the backports process started? Am willing to put
> in effort just need to know where to apply said effort.

Great! See:

    http://backports.debian.org/Contribute/

I can handle the actual upload if you provide tested packages. You would
basically step up to maintain the backport for jessie from now on
especially concerning security updates until we retire Jessie. You can
subscribe to the libvirt package via the bts to see the bugreports.

Check the wheezy-backports package for some guidance on what kind of
issues can pop up over time.

Cheers,
 -- Guido