Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 13:30:19 GMT From: ark@eltex.spb.ru To: guido@gvr.org Cc: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, (Darren,Reed), fpscha@schapachnik.com.ar, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why aren't security fixes posted to security-announce? Message-ID: <199805151330.NAA30305@paranoid.eltex.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <199805142023.WAA12731@gvr.gvr.org> from "Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org>"
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nuqneH,
Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> said :
> Darren Reed wrote:
> > In some mail from Guido van Rooij, sie said:
> > >
> > > In general, security related patches are first applied to -current.
> > > After about a week or so, they are brought to -stable. The an
> > > advisory will be sent out. Why? Because an advisory without a decently
> > > tested patch would upset users.
> >
> > I haven't seen a commit message yet for the mmap bug...
>
> Will arrive soon. I was just busy with the ttcp advisory.
btw i've noticed that patches for 2.1 branch aren't posted anymore.
It is not hard (usually) to apply patches from 2.2 to 2.1 but sometimes
(i'd even say often) it has to be done manually.
I am fully satisfied with 2.1.7.1 system and i do not want to upgrade.
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