[Pkg-zsh-devel] zsh 5.8 and Ubuntu (was: Re: Review upcoming zsh vulnerability patch?)

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 02:14:09PM -0600, dana wrote:
> btw, Axel, do you help maintain zsh in Ubuntu as well?

Not really, only indirectly via Debian. But I know a few MOTU (Masters
of the Universe — pun intended) guys whom I can poke in case I think
something needs to be fixed in Ubuntu quickly. And I'm subscribe to
bug reports against zsh in Ubuntu, etc.

> Do you have any insight into whether we can expect 5.8 to make it
> into Focal,

I think so, yes.

> or who else we might bother about it?

Wasn't needed — my plan to incorporate all Ubuntu changes with a
os-dependent switch for the only disputed difference (loading
completion by default or not) already worked out:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zsh/5.8-2

5.8-2 — which I uploaded last night to Unstable — is in
"focal-proposed" since about three hours ago. Yay! :-D

You should be able to follow its state in Ubuntu on
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zsh

> (The import freeze is next week,

Correct and I'm well aware of it.

> and i seem to recall that pulling zsh in from Debian usually
> requires manual intervention because they make a bunch of changes to
> the build stuff.

Correct. But that's exactly what I fixed by incorporating all
remaining Ubuntu changes and adding a switch where Ubuntu insisted on
different defaults. (You probably haven't seen the discussion over on
the Debian Zsh Team mailing list (cc'ed) about this seemingly
controversial move…)

I'm just really happy that my plan wrt. succeeded so easily. I didn't
even have to bother someone at Ubuntu. :-)

		Regards, Axel
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