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Date:      Sat, 29 Aug 2015 18:29:02 +0200
From:      "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Is there a policy to delay & batch errata security alerts ?
Message-ID:  <201508291629.t7TGT3nn084958@fire.js.berklix.net>

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Re. 8 Errata & Advisories since 
Fri, 14 Aug 2015 00:06:45 +0000 10.2-RELEASE announcement. eg
	Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@freebsd.org
	To: FreeBSD Errata Notices <errata-notices@freebsd.org>

Each release, a wave of alerts flood after.  The bigger the wave, the more
users will have insufficient time, & skip the lot.  Moving some
of the flood away from after release weeks would increase their security.

New bug alerts on new releases are OK immediately, but some alerts
seem perhaps existing issues delayed to check & also include latest
release, they add to the flood & could be alerted some earlier, some later ?

Presumably there's no delays eg for PR, giving longer quiet periods before
a release, slipping out bad news immediately after good.

What else might be causing batch flooding of alerts ?

Cheers,
Julian
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