Plans for Shibboleth SP 2.1 debian packages

[Russ Allbery]

Patrik Schnellmann <patrik.schnellmann at switch.ch> writes:
> Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>> Patrik Schnellmann <patrik.schnellmann at switch.ch> writes:

>>> Now that the 2.2.1 SP is out and Debian finally got its libcurl
>>> package fixed - could you do a lenny backport for the 2.2 SP? When do
>>> you think you would find time to do that?

>> Russ is actively working on packaging the 2.2 SP, ATM he's waiting for
>> the new opensaml2 to get through the Debian NEW queue.  It usually
>> happens within a week or so, but ultimately that depends on the ftp
>> masters.  You'll probably get sid packages by early September if
>> everything goes well.  It's about mid-September when I can get back to
>> business, you may expect unofficial lenny backports around that time.

> Now that it's October, I just wanted to ask about the status of the
> lenny-backports. When can we expect them?

xml-security-c and xmltooling are uploaded and available from
backports.org.  The amd64 builds were very slow, so I was waiting for them
to clear before uploading opensaml2, and then I got sick.  I plan on
uploading opensaml2 hopefully today, and shibboleth-sp2 later this week.

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Russ Allbery (rra at debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>