[SRM] Uploading new upstream stable version to Squeeze?

Hi stable release managers,

For a few upstream releases now, some people are maintaining a stable
branch for some versions of the glibc [1], which is followed by eglibc
[2]. This is the case for the 2.11 version we are using in Squeeze, it
is not sure yet which next version will have a long term support. The
branch only consists of patches cherry-picked from HEAD after a few
weeks. Some of the patches in this branch fix already reported bugs [3],
but some of them [4] are likely to be reported later during Squeeze
lifetime.

I am therefore thinking about uploading the next upstream stable version
(2.11.4 is currently in test period, it will be released in the next
days), similarly to what is currently done for the kernel. What's your
opinion on that, is it something that you would allow?

Thanks,
Aurelien

[1] http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.....11/master
[2] http://www.eglibc.org/cgi-bin/viewc...libc-2_11/
[3] http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h'96cd94a85e1d6a5acb2a86e2c6cc41abc33efa
[4] http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc....a9dd5a2df4

Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73
aurelien@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net


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