From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JChlN-0001tl-Gp for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:43:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2DB06E074D; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:33:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org (c-24-6-168-204.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.6.168.204]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6695E074D for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:33:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1484C17B99DE for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:34:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at twi-31o2.org Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gravity.twi-31o2.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id LOaS-GDZyWAr for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:33:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.100.31] (dsl211-165-131.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [74.211.165.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A26E017B99DB for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:33:56 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for January From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20080109184538.4cc154e8@snowcone> References: <20080101103002.083C4652C4@smtp.gentoo.org> <1199899672.43325.11.camel@localhost> <20080109181624.77dec483@snowcone> <200801091929.56749.philantrop@gentoo.org> <20080109184538.4cc154e8@snowcone> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-v1rQjga8r/k80Qzeyg72" Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:33:40 -0800 Message-Id: <1199910820.8082.52.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 X-Archives-Salt: 033c0a7a-0a7b-4a98-bb92-a61ad1ea9632 X-Archives-Hash: c6e9808313b1d633c42ac955dad56f83 --=-v1rQjga8r/k80Qzeyg72 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 18:45 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:29:53 +0100 > "Wulf C. Krueger" wrote: > > On Wednesday, 09. January 2008 19:16:24 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > > So what happens if a flaw is discovered in KDE 3.5.5 that allows > > > > root access? > > > Then the one particular part of 3.5.5 that's affected gets fixed and > > > priority keyworded. > >=20 > > So you suggest that mips keeps doing nothing and expect others to > > work *more* in exchange for that? >=20 > Well, most users will simply ignore or postpone the mass upgrade, so > yes. Forcing a mass upgrade is rarely if ever the correct solution to > any security issue. This is why I find it funny that people even bother to listen to Ciaran, at all. All he cares about is his little pet projects/teams and doesn't care if it increases workload for everybody else. I mean, where would Gentoo be if not for our support of mips? Oh dear, we'd definitely be nowhere near as popular... *cough* --=20 Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering Strategic Lead Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams Games Developer --=-v1rQjga8r/k80Qzeyg72 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHhS+kkT4lNIS36YERAqwrAKCsxSu9ItJUBRYQ3EyKBgagjFerXwCfcn5X 3soeooTE55BPjtJuoq+cxns= =1FdF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-v1rQjga8r/k80Qzeyg72-- -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list