From owner-freebsd-security Thu Dec 2 3:25:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B1FE14D8B; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 03:25:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.040 #1) id 11tUM6-000HWI-00; Thu, 02 Dec 1999 13:24:58 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Steve Reid Cc: Bill Swingle , security@FreeBSD.ORG, Jordan Hubbard Subject: Re: [btellier@USA.NET: Several FreeBSD-3.3 vulnerabilities] In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 02 Dec 1999 03:21:21 PST." <19991202032121.A7470@grok.localnet> Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 13:24:58 +0200 Message-ID: <67349.944133898@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 03:21:21 PST, Steve Reid wrote: > I kept checking the port's patches directory to see if my temporary > fix was applied but there were no changes in the patches directory > (note: I didn't check the distfiles). I think that's where you made your mistake. :-) You need to remember that, with very few exceptions, FreeBSD contributors have day jobs. Not only that, but the kind of person who takes an interest in FreeBSD development is usually terrible with time management -- we tend to have TODO lists longer than our family trees! If you're not going to badger a port's maintainer until he/she does something, you're unlikely to get results out of a single request. That's why the PR system is good. The PR sits there pissing us off until someone does something about it. :-) Later, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message