[Bug 213463] [NEW] Merge festival 1.96~beta-7 from Debian(Unstable)

[Stefan Ebner]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: festival

Fixes some important bugs.

 festival  (1.96~beta-7) unstable; urgency=high

   * Do not start festival server by default.
     (Closes: #466796)
   * Revert use of debconf.
   * debian/festival.preinst:
     + Check for obsolete configuration files.
   * debian/{festival.init,festival.scm}: Now example files,
     documented with warnings about potential security
     issues by their use.
   * debian/README.Debian: Document server start details.

 -- Kumar Appaiah <akumar at ee.iitm.ac.in>  Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:40:52
+0530

festival (1.96~beta-6) unstable; urgency=high

   * Fix root security hole. Thanks to Tim Brown.
     + debian/festival.init: Read festival.scm upon start.
       (Closes: #466146)
   * debian/control:
     + Remove Debian revision from speech-tools dependency.
   * debian/festival.scm:
     + Add sane default values for server. The festival
       init script now uses these values while starting the
       server.
   * debian/README.Debian:
     + Document some changes on daemon mode.
   * debian/templates, debian/config, debian/festival.postinst:
     + Ask for server password during install.
   * debian/lintian-override:
     + Permission of /etc/festival.scm should be 0600.

 -- Kumar Appaiah <akumar at ee.iitm.ac.in>  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:45:30
+0530

** Affects: festival (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

** Changed in: festival (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Stefan Ebner (sebner)
       Status: New => In Progress

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Merge festival 1.96~beta-7 from Debian(Unstable)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213463
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