FFe: Sync octave 4.2.2-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

[Mike Miller]

Please sync octave 4.2.2-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

Explanation of FeatureFreeze exception:

This is an upstream bug fix release. There are no library ABI or API
changes.

This release fixes in particular the bug "octave-gui crashed with
SIGABRT" that is reported in LP #1731399 and duplicates #1751408,
#1755172, and #1756027.

The full list of upstream bugs fixed by this release is given in the
release announcement at

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2018-03/msg00062.html

Changelog entries since current bionic version 4.2.1-7:

octave (4.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Mike Miller ]
  * Use secure URLs for upstream source and docs.
  * Add autopkgtest test suite

  [ Sébastien Villemot ]
  * New upstream version 4.2.2
    - octave.desktop.in: fixes repetition of Name in Comment field and start
      I10n (Closes: #889739)
  * d/copyright: reflect upstream changes.
  * Drop patches applied upstream: strncmp.patch, qscintilla-rename.patch.

 -- Sébastien Villemot <email address hidden> Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:43:36 +0100

[Iain Lane (laney)]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 04:29:27PM -0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> You have been subscribed to a public bug by Mike Miller (mtmiller):
>
> Please sync octave 4.2.2-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)
>
> Explanation of FeatureFreeze exception:
>
> This is an upstream bug fix release. There are no library ABI or API
> changes.

Thanks, but if this is a bug fix release then you don't need a feature
freeze exception. I'll subscribe ubuntu-sponsors for you.

 unsubscribe ubuntu-release
 subscribe ubuntu-sponsors

--
Iain Lane [ <email address hidden> ]
Debian Developer [ <email address hidden> ]
Ubuntu Developer [ <email address hidden> ]

[Graham Inggs (ginggs)]

This bug was fixed in the package octave - 4.2.2-1
Sponsored for Mike Miller (mtmiller)

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octave (4.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Mike Miller ]
  * Use secure URLs for upstream source and docs.
  * Add autopkgtest test suite

  [ Sébastien Villemot ]
  * New upstream version 4.2.2
    - octave.desktop.in: fixes repetition of Name in Comment field and start
      I10n (Closes: #889739)
  * d/copyright: reflect upstream changes.
  * Drop patches applied upstream: strncmp.patch, qscintilla-rename.patch.

 -- Sébastien Villemot <email address hidden> Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:43:36 +0100