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On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 11:23:26AM -0400, Rod Moffitt wrote: |
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> I have complete empathy for the situation, however no distro (commercial |
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> or community based) can simply use as an excuse that the person who is |
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> responsible is gone/on vacation/insert reason for not being there. This |
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> isn't a new feature request, this is a major vulnerability we are talking |
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> about. |
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Problem: |
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You feel that the volunteer developers are not working fast |
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enough/well enough. You want this bug fixed as quickly as possible |
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so that it does not affect you. The volunteer developers are |
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currently working as fast as they can. |
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Solution: |
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Volunteer your time to fix the problem, or wait for the existing |
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volunteers to fix the problem. |
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If that isn't acceptable to you, you should seriously consider using a |
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commercial distribution where people *are* paid to fix security bugs. |
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| Dan Noe, freelance hacker |
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| http://isomerica.net/ |
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