Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:19:09 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Steve Reid <sreid@sea-to-sky.net> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, Bill Swingle <unfurl@dub.net>, security@FreeBSD.ORG, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [btellier@USA.NET: Several FreeBSD-3.3 vulnerabilities] Message-ID: <3846E24D.FCDA7AC1@softweyr.com> References: <19991202032121.A7470@grok.localnet> <67349.944133898@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <19991202052242.C7470@grok.localnet>
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Steve Reid wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 01:24:58PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> > 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. :-)
>
> In my case I don't think it would've made a difference. Something _was_
> done about it, but it was a halfway job. If it had been reported via a
> PR the PR would probably have been closed.
Actually, this is a problem in the canonical FreeBSD usage of PRs. PRs
should generally be closed by the person REPORTING the PR. When a developer
thinks they have the problem fixed, they should put the PR in "feedback" and
let the ORIGINATOR close the PR.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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