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Hello, |
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Splitting from the discussion in [1] (moving more arhitectures to |
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~arch), I'd like to propose that we remove the "security supported" |
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architecture list from [2] and instead level security support with |
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the general architecture support in Gentoo, e.g. by having all |
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architectures with stable profiles be "security supported". |
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Rationale: |
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1. The architecture list seems to date way back and doesn't seem to have |
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been maintained properly. According to CVS history, the last time a new |
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architecture was marked "supported" was in 2005; since then, |
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architectures were only removed. After the migration to new website, |
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the points of contact for architectures aren't even listed anymore. |
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The presence of 'ppc' on the list is doubtful at best. At the same |
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time, 'arm64' is not supported. |
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2. Keeping a separate list can cause confusion, if not make users of |
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architectures such as arm64 feel belittled. I don't really see why |
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the Security team should be overriding the overall Gentoo architecture |
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support status. |
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3. Per the policy, Security team "will not wait for a stable fix on |
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these arches before issuing the GLSA and closing the bug". The former |
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I don't have a problem with but how could you close the bug before |
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cleaning up old versions, and how would you clean up the old versions |
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when the new ones aren't stable yet everywhere? |
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4. In the end, Security team isn't really respecting this policy. |
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In the end, this leads to absurdities like GLSA being released before |
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a package is stable on amd64, and confusing the users [4]. |
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While I agree we could probably establish some criteria when GLSAs |
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should be released, the current policy is incorrect and obsolete. In my |
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opinion removing the list is the first step towards cleaning stuff up. |
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[1] https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/fd18905401a1aec78aa6af7238f5ca1c |
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[2] https://www.gentoo.org/support/security/vulnerability-treatment-policy.html |
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[3] https://gitweb.gentoo.org/archive/proj/gentoo.git/log/xml/htdocs/proj/en/security/index.xml |
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[4] https://bugs.gentoo.org/789240#c2 |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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