Hi,
We've had this conversation at least once before, but I figured I would bring it up again [1].
You can see in Mike's original post that there a number of reasons we should bump to the 2.7 series in EPEL, but primarily it's because critical bug fixes aren't ending up in the 2.6 series any longer. I don't want to completely rehash the conversation in the old thread, but I think that it's important for EPEL to be providing updates on a maintained branch so I'd like to propose that both EPEL 5 & EPEL 6 packages get bumped to 2.7. This plan will largely avoid the issues that come with the potentially tricky upgrade path for users between 2.x and 3.x.
Thoughts?
-Sam
1. https://www.redhat.com/archives/epel-devel-list/2012-October/msg00043.html
The following Fedora EPEL 6 Security updates need testing:
Age URL
527 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-5620/bugzilla-3.4.…
41 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11274/ssmtp-2.61-2…
11 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11626/seamonkey-2.…
7 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11666/xpdf-3.03-8.…
7 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11672/ReviewBoard-…
7 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11639/gridsite-2.0…
2 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11703/chicken-4.8.…
2 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11706/fedmsg-0.7.1…
0 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11733/php-pecl-xhp…
The following builds have been pushed to Fedora EPEL 6 updates-testing
WindowMaker-0.95.5-2.el6
WindowMaker-extra-0.1-4.el6
beanstalkd-1.9-2.el6
libuv-0.10.17-1.el6
nodejs-0.10.20-1.el6
php-pecl-xhprof-0.9.4-1.el6
python-sockjs-tornado-1.0.0-2.el6
qt5-qttranslations-5.1.1-1.el6
salt-0.17.0-1.el6
unicode-ucd-6.3.0-1.el6
Details about builds:
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WindowMaker-0.95.5-2.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11730)
A fast, feature rich Window Manager
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Update Information:
Window Maker 0.95.5 was released on August 29th 2013.
* Window Maker can now maximize windows to the top/bottom halves of the screen as well as to the corners (top left, top right etc). The keyboard shortcuts to do that can be configured via WPrefs (Renan Traba).
* Support for drawers in the dock has been added (Daniel Dechelotte).
* Keyboard shortcuts to move windows between workspaces (Iain Patterson).
* Window border colours and width are now configurable (Iain Patterson).
* The menu is now able to parse command-generated proplist style menus. WPrefs support for this has been added too (Andreas Bierfert).
* Plus a few other new features and a lot of bug fixes and code cleanups by various people.
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ChangeLog:
* Mon Sep 30 2013 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 0.95.5-2
- patch m4 file to work with el6 autoconf
* Sat Aug 31 2013 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 0.95.5-1
- version upgrade
- do some more /usr/local/ replacement so that WindowMaker-extra is detected correctly
* Sat Aug 3 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.95.4-6
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
* Sun Feb 10 2013 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 0.95.4-5
- add proplist menu code from git
* Fri Jan 18 2013 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> - 0.95.4-4
- rebuild due to "jpeg8-ABI" feature drop
* Tue Jan 8 2013 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 0.95.4-3
- more fsf fixes from wmaker-crm git
* Mon Jan 7 2013 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 0.95.4-2
- fix incorrect fsf address
- submit extra package for review so this is not updated each time we update
windowmaker
* Mon Jan 7 2013 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 0.95.4-1
- version upgrade
- readd windowmaker extra stuff
* Mon Jan 7 2013 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> - 0.95.3-4
- rebuild against new libjpeg
* Wed Jul 18 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.95.3-3
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
* Thu May 31 2012 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 0.95.3-2
- fix description
* Mon May 28 2012 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 0.95.3-1
- version upgrade (rhbz#824670)
* Wed Feb 15 2012 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 0.95.2-1
- version upgrade
* Thu Jan 12 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.95.0-0.3.crm.a9e136ec41118f8842f7aa1457b2db83dbde6b7f
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
* Sat Dec 17 2011 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 0.95.0-0.2.crm.a9e136ec41118f8842f7aa1457b2db83dbde6b7f
- fix requires
* Sat Dec 10 2011 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 0.95.0-0.1.crm.a9e136ec41118f8842f7aa1457b2db83dbde6b7f
- build git snapshot
- cleanup spec file
- obsolete WindowMaker-devel package
* Tue Dec 6 2011 Adam Jackson <ajax(a)redhat.com> - 0.92.0-23
- Rebuild for new libpng
* Mon Feb 7 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.92.0-22
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
* Wed Dec 8 2010 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 0.92.0-21
- add -lfontconfig to WPrefs (fixes #660950)
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WindowMaker-extra-0.1-4.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11730)
Extra icons and themes for WindowMaker
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Update Information:
Window Maker 0.95.5 was released on August 29th 2013.
* Window Maker can now maximize windows to the top/bottom halves of the screen as well as to the corners (top left, top right etc). The keyboard shortcuts to do that can be configured via WPrefs (Renan Traba).
* Support for drawers in the dock has been added (Daniel Dechelotte).
* Keyboard shortcuts to move windows between workspaces (Iain Patterson).
* Window border colours and width are now configurable (Iain Patterson).
* The menu is now able to parse command-generated proplist style menus. WPrefs support for this has been added too (Andreas Bierfert).
* Plus a few other new features and a lot of bug fixes and code cleanups by various people.
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beanstalkd-1.9-2.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11731)
A simple, fast work-queue service
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Update Information:
Update to latest upstream
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ChangeLog:
* Mon Sep 30 2013 Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy(a)hinegardner.org> - 1.9-2
- Change initscript to use daemonize(1) as beanstalk does not self daemonize anymore
* Mon Sep 30 2013 Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy(a)hinegardner.org> - 1.9-1
- update to latest upstream 1.9
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1013608 - Package version in repo is from 2009 (1.4 available, 1.9 wanted)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1013608
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libuv-0.10.17-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11690)
Platform layer for node.js
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Update Information:
2013.09.24, node.js Version 0.10.19 (Stable)
* readline: handle input starting with control chars (Eric Schrock)
* configure: add mips-float-abi (soft, hard) option (Andrei Sedoi)
* stream: objectMode transforms allow falsey values (isaacs)
* tls: prevent duplicate values returned from read (Nathan Rajlich)
* tls: NPN protocols are now local to connections (Fedor Indutny)
2013.09.25, libuv Version 0.10.17 (Stable)
* build: remove GCC_WARN_ABOUT_MISSING_NEWLINE (Ben Noordhuis)
* darwin: fix 10.6 build error in fsevents.c (Ben Noordhuis)
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ChangeLog:
* Wed Sep 25 2013 T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth(a)gmail.com> - 1:0.10.17-1
- new upstream release 0.10.17
https://github.com/joyent/libuv/blob/v0.10.17/ChangeLog
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nodejs-0.10.20-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11690)
JavaScript runtime
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Update Information:
2013.09.24, node.js Version 0.10.19 (Stable)
* readline: handle input starting with control chars (Eric Schrock)
* configure: add mips-float-abi (soft, hard) option (Andrei Sedoi)
* stream: objectMode transforms allow falsey values (isaacs)
* tls: prevent duplicate values returned from read (Nathan Rajlich)
* tls: NPN protocols are now local to connections (Fedor Indutny)
2013.09.25, libuv Version 0.10.17 (Stable)
* build: remove GCC_WARN_ABOUT_MISSING_NEWLINE (Ben Noordhuis)
* darwin: fix 10.6 build error in fsevents.c (Ben Noordhuis)
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ChangeLog:
* Tue Oct 1 2013 T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth(a)gmail.com> - 0.10.20-1
- new upstream release 0.10.20
http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/09/30/node-v0-10-20-stable/
* Wed Sep 25 2013 T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth(a)gmail.com> - 0.10.19-1
- new upstream release 0.10.19
http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/09/24/node-v0-10-19-stable/
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php-pecl-xhprof-0.9.4-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11733)
PHP extension for XHProf, a Hierarchical Profiler
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Update Information:
From Release notes:
* Fix reflected XSS with run parameter. PR#20 and #29
* Change graph edge colour. PR#23
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ChangeLog:
* Tue Oct 1 2013 Remi Collet <remi(a)fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.4-1
- update to 0.9.4
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python-sockjs-tornado-1.0.0-2.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11732)
SockJS server implementation for Tornado
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Update Information:
This new package provides the sockjs.tornado python library.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1009178 - Review Request: python-sockjs-tornado - SockJS server implementation for Tornado
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1009178
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qt5-qttranslations-5.1.1-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11729)
Qt5 - QtTranslations module
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Update Information:
Translations for Qt5
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1010695 - RFE: qt5 translation files are missing
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010695
[ 2 ] Bug #1010725 - Review Request: qt5-qttranslations - Qt5 - QtTranslations module
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010725
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salt-0.17.0-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11727)
A parallel remote execution system
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Update Information:
Update to feature release 0.17.0.
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ChangeLog:
* Mon Sep 30 2013 Erik Johnson <erik(a)saltstack.com> - 0.17.0-1
- Update to feature release 0.17.0
* Wed Sep 11 2013 David Anderson <dave(a)dubkat.com>
- Change sourcing order of init functions and salt default file
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unicode-ucd-6.3.0-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11734)
Unicode Character Database
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Update Information:
Unicode 6.3.0
- http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.3.0/
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ChangeLog:
* Mon Sep 30 2013 Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> - 6.3.0-1
- update to 6.3
* Sun Aug 4 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 6.2.0-5
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
* Fri Feb 15 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 6.2.0-4
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1013256 - unicode-ucd-6.3.0 is available
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1013256
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