[Bug 869411] Re: SRU tracking bug for postfix 2.8.2 -> 2.8.5 for natty

[Martin Pitt]

I'm fine with updating to the new upstream version, but I don't like
backporting the whole package. There's quite a lot of packaging changes
there, including:

 *  bumping the debhelper compat level to 7: This might expose bugs in
earlier debhelper versions which we haven't encountered in oneiric

 * changing the init script quite radically: formally it breaks feature
freeze; at the risk factor, the current postfix init script has never
been in a stable release yet, so got comparatively little testing; IMHO
it is too much risk to throw it at stable users as it changes expected
behaviour and causes conffile prompts.

 * other changes like debian/copyright and the apport integration; these
seem harmless, and I'd be willing to take them for an SRU.

FYI, I won't ever agree to a blanket MRE that includes packaging
changes. All other MREs that we have, like postgresql or firefox only
cover updating the upstream bits, but keeping the packaging structure,
scripts, conffiles, etc. unchanged.

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  SRU tracking bug for postfix 2.8.2 -> 2.8.5 for natty

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