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To: Michael Bryan <fbsd-security@ursine.com>
Subject: Re: How long for -stable [ Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/finger finger.c ] 
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Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:55:56 -0600
From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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In message <39DA81E9.FD461622@ursine.com> Michael Bryan writes:
: Well, it's been said before, but I'll add my two cents to this.  Support
: for at least security-related issues really needs to be provided for a
: reasonable duration, probably about a year, maybe longer, after a release
: comes out.

No one is disagreeing that this isn't wanted by users.  The hard part
is finding bodies to do the work.

Warner


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