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Date:      Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:44:22 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Meaning of severity/priority for ports PRs
Message-ID:  <20020928024422.GC66227@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:39:07PM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
> So does a bug that prevents the games/diddle program from running
> get a severity/priority of critical/high (from the port's viewpoint)
> or non-critical/low (from the viewpoints of the OS or the OS=20
> developers or most porters)?

Unfortunately severity and priority are not very meaningful because
most people regularly abuse them (IT IS A CRITICAL BUG THAT THERE IS A
TYPO IN THIS COMMENT).  I don't usually pay attention to them myself.

Kris

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