Re: bup 0.29 in stretch

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

Rob Browning:
> 
> I suspect it might be too late, but 0.29 has just been uploaded to sid,
> and at least speaking from the upstream perspective (I'm one of the
> developers there), we'd certainly be happy to see it stretch.
> 
> I think we're probably about 2 days past the 10-day migration window,
> but I didn't know whether exceptions might be possible.
> 
> If it matters, we'll be willing and available upstream to help with any
> issues that arise during the freeze, and 0.29 should fix the mipsel64el
> build failure, among various other things.
> 
> However, if it's just too late, no worries, and in that case, I think we
> should be able to get the mips64el fix backported to 0.28.1.
> 
> Thanks for all your work on the release
> 

Hi Rob,

The bup 0.29 release is unaffected by the soft freeze as bup is already
in testing at this time.  As long as you upload in time and ensures it
migrates before 5th of February, it will make it for stretch.

Thanks,
~Niels