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From: Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] net-dns/dnssec-root: Blind stable on arm, critical bug 667774
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:07:45
Message-Id: CAAr7Pr-ObOuYt4o-tF+eCyA=UacSr4t3pmAop1XjLcRDkwUuNg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] net-dns/dnssec-root: Blind stable on arm, critical bug 667774 by Thomas Deutschmann
1 On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 1:05 PM Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
2 wrote:
3
4 > On 2018-10-11 17:45, Corentin “Nado” Pazdera wrote:
5 > > What's a "blind stable"? I'm guessing stabilizing without testing? If
6 > > yes, why?
7 >
8 > Yes, stabilized without testing.
9 >
10 > Reason: No ARM arch team member with access to an ARM box was available
11 > for the last ~7 days.
12 >
13 > However, this update is critical for anyone using something like
14 > net-dns/unbound with DNSSEC validation enabled (which isn't enabled by
15 > default but you are encourage to switch this on).
16 >
17
18 I think the narrative around this being a major issue is tougher when its
19 not broken by default. This doesn't meant its a great outcome, but I'm not
20 convinced its sufficient to downgrade the arch. I'm also curious why you
21 are airing this here rather than talking to the arm team directly.
22
23 -A
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27 >
28 > --
29 > Regards,
30 > Thomas Deutschmann / Gentoo Linux Developer
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