[Python-modules-team] python-django_1.8.18-1~bpo8+1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Scott Kitterman]

On May 23, 2017 5:28:04 PM EDT, Alexander Wirt <formorer at formorer.de> wrote:
>On Tue, 23 May 2017, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>
>> (please cc me on answers)
>> 
>> On Tue, 23 May 2017, Debian FTP Masters wrote:
>> > please take the version from testing, not a version that never was
>in the archive
>> 
>> I have been maintaining the 1.8.x LTS version of Django in
>jessie-backports since
>> December 2015.
>> 
>> Except the very first, none of the 1.8.x versions that I uploaded in
>> jessie-backports have been in testing.
>> 
>> Please let me continue providing this service to our users.
>> 
>> Why are you suddenly acting on this upload and not the formers?
>You didn't followed the often stated policy. Full stop. We just never
>noticed. 
>
>We stated that several times and you just decided that policy does not
>count
>for you. I think that is pretty unfair. 

There are security fixes in this upload.  What's the way to get those fixed?  Backporting 1.10 isn't an option because it is incompatible with many other packages.

Would cherry-picked security fixes be okay?

Scott K