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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] avoiding urgent stabilizations
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On Feb 8, 2011 11:44 AM, "Donnie Berkholz" <dberkholz@gentoo.org> wrote:
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> (With exceptions for security issues.)

Other than monitoring bugzilla, how does a Gentoo user even know that they
have a package pending a security update?  It seems like glsa's lag
stabilization by a considerable timeframe.

I get the impression that half the reason for this is due to the difficulty
of generating the xml files.

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<p>On Feb 8, 2011 11:44 AM, &quot;Donnie Berkholz&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:dberkholz@gentoo.org">dberkholz@gentoo.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; (With exceptions for security issues.)</p>
<p>Other than monitoring bugzilla, how does a Gentoo user even know that th=
ey have a package pending a security update?=A0 It seems like glsa&#39;s la=
g stabilization by a considerable timeframe.=A0 </p>
<p>I get the impression that half the reason for this is due to the difficu=
lty of generating the xml files.</p>

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