Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] Kernel Security Update Target Delay?
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:04:32
Message-Id: 20100926165640.GA3465@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] Kernel Security Update Target Delay? by Richard Freeman
1 On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 08:16:22AM -0400, Richard Freeman wrote:
2 > On 09/26/2010 07:51 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 > > so there has been roughly a week so far.
4 > Agreed - 10 days was the figure I mentioned. So far we're 7 over the
5 > target of 3. Most major distros did it in less than 1.
6 It WAS well within the 3 day target. The turnaround to the first fix was
7 just over 4 hours.
8
9 From the bug:
10 ====
11 -- Comment #3 From Mike Pagano 2010-09-16 18:34:02 0000 [reply] -
12 Patches included in gentoo-sources versions: 2.6.32-r17, 2.6.34-r10 and
13 2.6.35-r7
14 ====
15
16 Even hardened-kernel was fixed within 2 days of bug opening.
17
18 The delay is in stabilization, and I don't know why that's been held up.
19
20 --
21 Robin Hugh Johnson
22 Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead
23 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
24 GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85

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Re: [gentoo-security] Kernel Security Update Target Delay? Richard Freeman <rich0@g.o>