Bug#814479: libbusiness-creditcard-perl: New upstream version 0.35 (including new MasterCard ranges)

[Ivan Kohler]

On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 09:04:51PM +0100, gregor herrmann wrote:
> > I recommend also uploading this verison to wheezy-updates and jessie-updates
> > (aka the artist formerly known as "volatile").
> 
> We can't upload new versions to (old)stable;

Hi,

This isn't a request to upload new versions to (old)stable.  This is a 
request to upload new versions to proposed-updates / stable-updates, 
formerly known as "volatile".  (ref https://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates 
and https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/03/msg00010.html)


> we'd need a minimal diff
> against the versions in wheezy/jessie (0.31 and 0.33), then we can
> talk to the release team about them accepting uploads.

I do not believe a "minimal diff" is necessary for -updates.  This is not 
a security backport.  This is an update for software which requires 
alignment to the real work to remain relevant and useful.

stable-updates carries software which requires updates over time to 
remain relevant, such as spam filters, virus scanners, timezone updates, 
web scrapers (i.e. youtube video downloaders) and similar things.  We 
don't backport functionality to old versions of ClamAV or SpamAssassin - 
this would seem to be the same thing.

The sole purpose of libbusiness-creditcard-perl is to validate and 
identify credit cards.  Credit card issues are updating these rules and 
issuing new credit cards with new number ranges without regard to our 
release cycles.  We should be able to update this module through -updates 
like we do ClamAV, Spamassassin, timezones and so forth.

Thanks for all the hard work you do on the Perl team and for Debian!

-- 
Ivan Kohler
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