Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Christian Hoenig <me@×××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] GLSAs: Put the name of the affected packg in front of the title?!
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 00:01:09
Message-Id: 200405260200.41768.me@christianhoenig.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] GLSAs: Put the name of the affected packg in front of the title?! by Kurt Lieber
1 Hi Kurt,
2
3 > > [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200405-20 dev-db/mysql ] Insecure Temporary
4 > > File Creation In MySQL
5 > >
6 > > Maybe even the version number in there somewhere too.
7 >
8 > I can see benefit in adding at least the package name at the beginning, but
9 > I think trying to include the category name and version number is a bit too
10 > over-the-top. At the end of the day, it's really not that big of a deal to
11 > hit the enter key to read the rest of the email.
12
13 Yeah, as I think if I see a GLSA concerning a package that I use, I'd read it
14 despite of versioning information, so I think, too, that versioning in the
15 title is not really needed :-).
16
17 take care, have fun
18 /christian
19 EDDK

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