Bug#1031046: Request to close

[Chris Maj]

Thanks y'all for the excellent ideas, kind words and generous support --
looking forward to helping steward the Asterisk package along with you on
the journey in to backports soon after trixie is released :-)

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On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM Benjamin Renard via Pkg-voip-maintainers <
pkg-voip-maintainers at alioth-lists.debian.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> @Chris, do you think you could make the necessary arrangements to have
> your version of Asterisk for Trixie pushed into Debian Testing? You are
> certainly in the best position, with the help of your team at Sangoma and
> other volunteers who have offered their assistance here and elsewhere, to
> make this a reality. This step would not only benefit the current user base
> but also demonstrate the commitment and capability of the community to
> maintain and promptly update the package, particularly in response to CVEs.
>
> By including the Asterisk in Debian testing, we can showcase the active
> engagement of the user community, potentially facilitating its inclusion in
> trixie-backports initially, and finally in the next stable release of
> Debian. This would ensure that Debian users have access to up-to-date and
> secure Asterisk packages.
>
> I fear that without progress on this matter, we may find with numerous
> Asterisk instances stuck on Debian Bullseye, which will no longer be
> maintained after August 2026 with the end of LTS. Additionally, there could
> be a proliferation of individual solutions to migrate to Trixie, involving
> local builds that are difficult to keep secure. Having up-to-date packages
> maintained in testing (and ideally in trixie-backports) would provide an
> "official" solution, demonstrating the desire to see the inclusion of
> Asterisk return to Debian Forky.
>
> Thank you all!
>
> Best regards,
>
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