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On 07/10/14 12:51, Alex Efros wrote: |
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> Hi! |
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> Anyone bothers to stabilize 3.14.11-r1 anytime soon because of subj? |
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Anyone = me. You can address these concerns to me personally as I am |
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responsible. Bugs are best so we have a public record. |
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I am aware of the issue. There have been too many rapid stabilizations |
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because of CVE-2014-3153 and other issues. It doesn't help if I |
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stabilize a kernel which panics on someone's hardware that I can't test |
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on --- security issue or not. Been there done that. There is a balance |
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of risk which your statement does not take into account. |
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Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. |
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Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened] |
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E-Mail : blueness@g.o |
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