Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:06:53 -0700 From: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG (Bruce A. Mah) To: Jason DiCioccio <geniusj@bluenugget.net> Cc: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG, sjohn@airlinksys.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, Jason.DiCioccio@Epylon.com Subject: Re: Security Announcements Message-ID: <200104111906.f3BJ6rn34644@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <20010411185004.A68F213642@bluenugget.net> References: <20010411185004.A68F213642@bluenugget.net>
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--==_Exmh_1046195591P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Jason DiCioccio wrote: > And how would I know which day/time was considered reasonably bug-free. > I do not know of any webpages or anything that tell you this, Read -stable (you are doing that right?). I care more about how machines work in my own environment that what some Web page says. You mentioned the hypothetical case of someone running -STABLE on boxes that needed to be "up at all times". Tell me that this someone would be willing to drop a new version of *any* operating system on mission-critical machines without testing on their own scratch machines first. > nor does > any given time in the -STABLE branch get as much testing as a -RELEASE.. For people who need version of FreeBSD that's been though testing (and there is nothing whatsoever wrong with that), well, they should be running -RELEASE. There's been a lot of discussion as to how to deal with the issue of security updates to -RELEASEs, and the message that rwatson recently posted outlines the result of that discussion. I think this is going to solve a lot of problems, even though it's going to create more work for those who make advisories and patches. Bruce. --==_Exmh_1046195591P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 iD8DBQE61KtN2MoxcVugUsMRAi6dAKCmFj9vFDcRStpCGphH+bjwcwsRJACg1A4g KnGQSoYDCm+ZU5DTbPZGvKs= =4NM5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1046195591P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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