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On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:21:41 +0400 |
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Sergey Popov <pinkbyte@g.o> wrote: |
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> 21.08.2013 12:17, Tom Wijsman пишет: |
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> > On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:57:22 +0400 |
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> > Sergey Popov <pinkbyte@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> 20.08.2013 23:42, Tom Wijsman пишет: |
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> >>> On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:29:09 -0400 |
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> >>> Wyatt Epp <wyatt.epp@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >>>> What manner of bitrot? |
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> >>> |
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> >>> They might ... |
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> >>> |
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> >>> 2. ... contain security bugs that later versions have fixed. |
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> >> |
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> >> There should be security bug on our bugzilla with quick |
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> >> stabilization on it and(probably) GLSA. |
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> > Not all security bugs are visible; the older a piece of software, |
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> > the higher the chance that some people know about one or another |
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> > exploit that the rest of the world does not know about. |
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> True. But blindly bringing new versions into stable(without testing) |
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> cause it POSSIBLY(without ChangeLog notes or CVES or whatever) |
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> contains LESS security problems is not an option. Stable should be |
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> reasonable |
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That's not what I am suggesting. |
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It is not about bringing in new versions, but about getting rid of |
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OLD versions which LIKELY contain MORE security problems than you |
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imagine. Keeping them around for too long time isn't reasonable... |
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With kind regards, |
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Tom Wijsman (TomWij) |
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Gentoo Developer |
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E-mail address : TomWij@g.o |
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