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From: Jason Wever <weeve@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev Mailing List <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Testing instructions for security bugs
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 04:55:51
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.61.0408212252240.6404@stargazer.weeve.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Testing instructions for security bugs by Lars Weiler
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4 On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Lars Weiler wrote:
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6 > When security requested a bump. And to extend this, also
7 > packages where the maintainer requests a bump without a
8 > security-reason.
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10 I'll second this motion. I've asked this a few times before but the
11 general consensus is that people do not want to do work that while
12 inconveniences them, saves time for a lot more people. However there are
13 some folks who are kind enough to provide test cases, and to them I am
14 very grateful :)
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16 If and when QA becomes a more serious force than it is now, I think this
17 should be something to be considered to be added to the list of "stuff you
18 need to do as a Gentoo package maintainer".
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22 Gentoo/Sparc Co-Team Lead
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Testing instructions for security bugs Jason Huebel <jhuebel@g.o>