Processed: bookworm-pu: package xscreensaver/6.06+dfsg1-3+deb12u1

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

affects -1 + src:xscreensaver

Bug #1069704 [release.debian.org] bookworm-pu: package xscreensaver/6.06+dfsg1-3+deb12u1
Added indication that 1069704 affects src:xscreensaver

[Jonathan Wiltshire]

Control: tag -1 confirmed

Bug #1069617: xscreensaver 6.06 shows upstream upgrade warning from 2024-05-04

Urgh, I thought this was long since dealt with. Please go ahead urgently.

I presume you've taken steps to avoid it creeping back into future
releases?

Thanks,

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

Post by Jonathan Wiltshire
tag -1 confirmed

Bug #1069704 [release.debian.org] bookworm-pu: package xscreensaver/6.06+dfsg1-3+deb12u1
Added tag(s) confirmed.

[Tormod Volden]

Post by Jonathan Wiltshire
Urgh, I thought this was long since dealt with. Please go ahead urgently.
I presume you've taken steps to avoid it creeping back into future
releases?

It requires a thorough review of the code (and testing) at every
upstream release (and in particular for the ones that ends up in our
stable), for as long as we want to keep shipping this package.
Sometimes it changes location and form, and extent, therefore this one
was missed. We are getting better at it though. And I'll try to handle
it in a more timely manner if it happens again.

I will also try to get the latest upstream version into backports, so
it will be easier for users to install the version that upstream so
dearly wants everybody to use.

Tormod

[Jonathan Wiltshire]

package release.debian.org
tags 1069704 = bookworm pending
thanks

Hi,

The upload referenced by this bug report has been flagged for acceptance into the proposed-updates queue for Debian bookworm.

Thanks for your contribution!

Upload details
==============

Package: xscreensaver
Version: 6.06+dfsg1-3+deb12u1

Explanation: disable warning about old versions

[Jonathan Wiltshire]

Thanks for the upload. Once built I intend to release it through the
stable-updates mechanism, but the announcement will carry your name. Any
comments on the following text?

| The XScreenSaver package as released in Debian 12 includes an "out-of-date
| software warning", which is displayed prior to each unlock operation.
| This update disables such warnings.
|
| Users can rest assured that XScreenSaver remains supported by Debian
| for the lifetime of the stable distribution.

Thanks,

[Tormod Volden]

Post by Jonathan Wiltshire
Thanks for the upload. Once built I intend to release it through the
stable-updates mechanism, but the announcement will carry your name. Any
comments on the following text?
| The XScreenSaver package as released in Debian 12 includes an "out-of-date
| software warning", which is displayed prior to each unlock operation.
| This update disables such warnings.
|
| Users can rest assured that XScreenSaver remains supported by Debian
| for the lifetime of the stable distribution.

Thanks a lot for processing this update. Your suggested text is very
well formulated, I have nothing to add.

Best regards,
Tormod

[Jonathan Wiltshire]

Post by Tormod Volden

Post by Jonathan Wiltshire
Thanks for the upload. Once built I intend to release it through the
stable-updates mechanism, but the announcement will carry your name. Any
comments on the following text?
| The XScreenSaver package as released in Debian 12 includes an "out-of-date
| software warning", which is displayed prior to each unlock operation.
| This update disables such warnings.
|
| Users can rest assured that XScreenSaver remains supported by Debian
| for the lifetime of the stable distribution.

Thanks a lot for processing this update. Your suggested text is very
well formulated, I have nothing to add.

Amusingly it turns out our template example is the last xscreensaver
update, so I've just used that. It says the same things anyway.

Should be published tonight or tomorrow.