[exim-dev] PCRE(2) and 4.95.1 - was Re: buildfarm animals

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Temat: [exim-dev] PCRE(2) and 4.95.1 - was Re: buildfarm animals
On Sun, 3 Oct 2021, Andreas Metzler via Exim-dev wrote:

> On 2021-10-02 Jeremy Harris via Exim-dev <exim-dev@???> wrote:
>> On 02/10/2021 20:00, Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
>>> Will 4.95.1 (if such happens) use pcre or pcre2 ?
>
>> Pcre2. Pcre is dead, as I said.
>
> Hello,
>
> 4.95.1 would presumably be a security release. I do not think making
> the pcre change (33 files changed, 498 insertions(+), 384 deletions(-))
> part of a security release would be good practise.


The library change would be bad form too.

Can we have a 4.95.1 with pcre2 "now", then the security fix wont include
this change ?

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