[debian-mysql] Bug#841050: Bug#841050: Security fixes from the October 2016 CPU

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Hi Lars,

On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 08:12:08AM +0100, Lars Tangvald wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 11/06/2016 08:48 AM, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> >Hi Lars, James,
> >
> >On Sat, Nov 05, 2016 at 11:29:02AM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> >>Hello James,
> >>
> >>On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 09:25:58AM +0100, Lars Tangvald wrote:
> >>>Hi James,
> >>>
> >>>Are you available to do the upload for this update?
> >>Any news for the upload?
> >I have built the package now, and uploaded to security-master.
> >
> >I have applied the following change for the CVE references, can you
> >apply it to git please?
> Thanks, will do! Sorry for the delay. Since James is the only one on our
> team with access to 5.5, we get stuck when he's away.
> For the future, is it better to ask you to handle the upload right away if
> he's not available, or is there some other preferred way of dealing with it?

We can do that in case of such emergencies, yes. But I strongly would
prefer if for regular DSAs this is acked/build by a DD in the mysql
team. But as said, in case James is not available/vacation, let
us know and we can try to do it like for the 5.5.53-0+deb8u1 upload.

Regards,
Salvatore