Please sync libapache-mod-security from Debian Unstable (Main)

[gunfus]

Upstream resolved the licensing problem that cause this to be removed from Debian/Ubuntu and so the sync blacklist should be removed and the package sync'ed from Debian. Note that despite the date on the debian/changelog entry, this just got out of New recently:

libapache-mod-security (2.5.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
   * The 'Back to the archive!' Release (Closes: #487431)
   * Drop '2' from package name, now libapache-mod-security
   * New upstream release
     - Includes a new licensing exception that allows binary
       distribution with licenses not compatible with GPLv2,
       such as Apache's. See MODSECURITY_LICENSING_EXCEPTION
   * Removed debian/bug and debian/rules entry to install bug
     handling when out of the archive.
   * Bumped Standards-Version to 3.8.0.0

 -- Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta <email address hidden> Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:31:56 +0200

[Hanno Stock (hefe_bia) (hanno-stock)]

There is/was a licensing problem with mod_security that makes the distribution of the binary illegal. (See bug #19832)

However upstream has just recently added a license exception, which might solve this issue. Debian-Legal has been notified, but no decision has been made, yet.
(See http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.legal/browse_thread/thread/d4b4a74c82042abd)

[Tim Thomson (tim-thomson)]

This has been resolved in debian and a package is now in sid. (See: http://packages.debian.org/sid/libapache-mod-security )

Any plans to pull this into ubuntu?

[James Westby (james-w)]

Hi,

This request will have to be acked by the sponsorship team first. I'm subscribing
them for you now.

Thanks,

James

[Michael Bienia (geser)]

Sync request ACKed.

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

Getting binaries for jaunty...
[Updating] libapache-mod-security (0 [Ubuntu] < 2.5.6-1 [Debian])
 * Trying to add libapache-mod-security...
  - <libapache-mod-security_2.5.6.orig.tar.gz: downloading from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/>
  - <libapache-mod-security_2.5.6-1.diff.gz: downloading from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/>
  - <libapache-mod-security_2.5.6-1.dsc: downloading from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/>

:-Dustin