Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:02:17 -0700 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: Mason Loring Bliss <mason@blisses.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quarterly packages and security updates... Message-ID: <55DCF3F9.4040304@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20150813211528.GK24069@FreeBSD.org> References: <20150813202007.GC4093@blisses.org> <20150813204023.GJ24069@FreeBSD.org> <20150813210129.GF4093@blisses.org> <20150813211528.GK24069@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 8/13/2015 2:15 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 05:01:29PM -0400, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 08:40:23PM +0000, Glen Barber wrote: >> >>> [info@ removed, not sure why that email address was included.] >> >> I'm hoping for pressure from above, as this is an important step that's >> evidently being taken without quarterly branch security being bumped up in >> priority. It seems to come as a surprise to many folks, and certainly I >> wasn't aware of it until last week. (Also, board@ is now deprecated.) >> > > "Putting pressure" isn't the role of the Foundation. > > Quarterly package builds happen every few days (two, if I remember > correctly), and as I was writing this reply, and updated package set for > 10.x i386 was made available. > [I run the package builds] Correct, two. I think the biggest problem is just the frequency of builds. The items listed in the `pkg audit' output are normally backported to the quarterly branch quickly. I am exploring ways of making the quarterly builds run multiples times per day. -- Regards, Bryan Drewery [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJV3PP6AAoJEDXXcbtuRpfPXxUH/29YKEcJr3/X08chPZOkL1Eg xKwaIIQ566GoXy2fbgrC719nCJ99CivpiPzoCWtoFUzFdVVOb7+e2yOYTpnAqA8Y FYD3jyVDKjcNQsONfU1/6SSGLVLWMYw/IiQFMAYAK/79NeE7EbTVIsaZeAiJzPB5 HhEBSHgfGRSzm7Yt8zxAzRGAVIvlMSMNK0aJeaCbTuTPZ3S5kIemytcbWCDy3y8S RN0iKUiAcvxAvIccGKhQ9uPKqqeCM8ray7o+9HyXwWye/HSFhpAMECZlHShR6ABy 5Rdnm9k5DgfoXFQoLBP3hNtFJxqUz8tkyMj1iw6LM9sAhZ+0qns4CKvz+EVNU1A= =Ub+S -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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