[asterisk-users] Debian 7/Asterisk TLS bug and others

[Paul Belanger]

On 12-08-10 06:20 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>
>>> Debian is very conservative about accepting updates during the `freeze'
>>> process - they will most likely want to see a 1.8.13.2 release with ONLY
>>> the most essential fixes
>>>
>>> a) is anyone else aware of these bugs?
>>>
>>> b) what essential changes should go into 1.8.13.2 for Debian?
>>>
>> We don't need to release a 1.8.13.2 release of Asterisk.  Once the issue
>> has been fixed in the 1.8 release branch, it would just be back-ported
>> into a Debian patch for the package.
>
> My impression was that a 1.8.13.2 release would be as conservative as
> any patches back-ported for the Debian package.  It's not necessary, but
> it might be a convenient way to achieve the same goal.
>
> Is Digium officially endorsing 1.8.13 for wheezy in any way?
>
No. Digium nor the Asterisk Project has anything to do with the package 
within Debian.  In fact, most of the work is done by Tzafrir.

> Is anyone officially working on this particular problem already?  I was
> tempted to have a closer look at it, but don't want to duplicate an
> effort that is already underway elsewhere.
>
Best to check JIRA and see.  Actually, does the issue even exist in JIRA?

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