Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 16:05:57 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Jung, Michael" <mjung@npc.net> Cc: "'Steve Reid'" <sreid@sea-to-sky.net>, "'Sheldon Hearn'" <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, "'Bill Swingle'" <unfurl@dub.net>, "'security@FreeBSD.ORG'" <security@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'Jordan Hubbard'" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [btellier@USA.NET: Several FreeBSD-3.3 vulnerabilities] Message-ID: <3846FB55.740C75E6@softweyr.com> References: <c=US%a=_%p=Financial_Allian%l=EXCHANGE-991202215233Z-9345@exchange.finall.com>
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"Jung, Michael" wrote:
>
> Why not just have the PR system email the ORIGINATOR when
> the PR is closed?
It does. On the other hand, how can anyone else possibly know that the
PR has been solved, other than the person who wrote the PR?
> This way the originator is informed of the update and it's give them
> the opportunity to make sure the problem is really resolved.
Right. Until it "is really resolved" it shouldn't be closed, it should
be in another status that means "Hey, PR originator, go see if this has
been fixed to your liking." That state is "feedback", not closed.
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"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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