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 1JCfw1-0003SN-9T for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:45:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0CA6BE0395; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 18:45:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org (170.Red-213-96-222.staticIP.rima-tde.net [213.96.222.170]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B08FBE0395 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 18:45:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C14A8D306 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:52:12 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at ferdyx.org Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tungsteno.ferdyx.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id XoCRvdIGsMHO for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:52:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from snowcone (unknown [213.121.151.206]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 314748D305 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:52:09 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 18:45:38 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for January Message-ID: <20080109184538.4cc154e8@snowcone> In-Reply-To: <200801091929.56749.philantrop@gentoo.org> References: <20080101103002.083C4652C4@smtp.gentoo.org> <1199899672.43325.11.camel@localhost> <20080109181624.77dec483@snowcone> <200801091929.56749.philantrop@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.12.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/7gU5k0tPCAbaWaGn4PiTyxM"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 83c42c29-b744-4658-9e92-5cf2aa89f65e X-Archives-Hash: 18da5e2e7dc265d5f71d0add28ac2a13 --Sig_/7gU5k0tPCAbaWaGn4PiTyxM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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? 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. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/7gU5k0tPCAbaWaGn4PiTyxM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHhRZU96zL6DUtXhERAq1QAKDLVzL32ComjBIlszxQvLoqSGG6owCgxpuC QATK3H1Q22O0uppHIceakSM= =Hrq0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/7gU5k0tPCAbaWaGn4PiTyxM-- -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list