New upstream of radiusclient-ng

[Jan Janak]

Mark,

Mark Purcell wrote:
> On Monday 05 February 2007 13:23, Jan Janak wrote:
>> I just released a new version of radiusclient-ng and updated the control
>> files in the svn repository. The new upstream fixes a problem on 64-bit
>> architectures. Could any DD kindly release the new version of the package?
> 
> Jan,
> 
> Currently etch is in freeze and is only accepting RC bug fixes/ string 
> updates. Normally a new upstream release should be uploaded to experimental 
> until after etch is released.
> 
> As a guildline the release team are not accepting new upstream releases, 
> although if the new upstream release is purely a bug fix it may have some 
> sway.
> 
> What does commonly occur is that major bug fixes have been back-ported for 
> inclusion.  Does it make sense to backport the 64-bit fixes to 0.5.3, or is 
> 0.5.5 just a bug fix release?  Your CHANGES file seems to suggest the latter.
> 
> The options:
> 
> 1.	Leave 0.5.3-2 as is and allow etch to release with possible 64-bit issues.
> 2.	Backport 64-bit fixes from 0.5.5 to 0.5.3 and include with etch.
> 3.	Upload 0.5.5 and try and get included to etch as a purely bugfix upstream 
> release.

  Thanks for the info. 0.5.5 is a pure bugfix release so it would make
  sense to try to get it included. If the release team does not accept
  it then we can keep 0.5.3-2 but it will not work on 64-bit
  architectures.

     Jan.