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From: Joey McCoy <ixion@××××××.com>
To: Christian Hoenig <me@×××××××××××××××.de>
Cc: 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 00:33:33
Message-Id: 35438.192.168.0.3.1085531500.squirrel@192.168.0.3
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] GLSAs: Put the name of the affected packg in front of the title?! by Christian Hoenig
1 I agree with this as well. Just the package name by itself at the
2 beginning would be superb.
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4 Btw, nice work everyone on the GLSA's. They're pouring out great! Good
5 job! :)
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8 > Hi Kurt,
9 >
10 >> > [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200405-20 dev-db/mysql ] Insecure Temporary
11 >> > File Creation In MySQL
12 >> >
13 >> > Maybe even the version number in there somewhere too.
14 >>
15 >> I can see benefit in adding at least the package name at the beginning,
16 >> but
17 >> I think trying to include the category name and version number is a bit
18 >> too
19 >> over-the-top. At the end of the day, it's really not that big of a deal
20 >> to
21 >> hit the enter key to read the rest of the email.
22 >
23 > Yeah, as I think if I see a GLSA concerning a package that I use, I'd read
24 > it
25 > despite of versioning information, so I think, too, that versioning in the
26 > title is not really needed :-).
27 >
28 > take care, have fun
29 > /christian
30 > EDDK
31 >
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