[debian-mysql] Offering mysql-5.5 as an option in squeeze-lts

[Raphael Hertzog]

Hi,

On Fri, 02 Oct 2015, Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Dienstag, 29. September 2015, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> > currently we are shipping mysql-5.1 which is no longer supported upstream
> > and which might have multiple unfixed vulnerabilities (Oracle doesn't
> > disclose enough details to either verify it or fix them).
> > 
> > We should really offer squeeze users to switch to a supported version
> > of mysql and that would be version 5.5.
> 
> are you talking about packages in squeeze-lts, squeeze-backports or squeeze-
> sloppy-backports or something else entirely?

I was thinking of squeeze-lts directly. And hence the precautions I was
suggesting we take.

Cheers,
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