Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:14:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Tony Fleisher <takhus@takhus.mind.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/29182: Handbook needs to be updated to reflect security support changes Message-ID: <200107240014.f6O0Erc20088@takhus.dyn.mind.net>
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>Number: 29182 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Handbook needs to be updated to reflect security support changes >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jul 23 17:20:02 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Tony Fleisher <takhus@takhus.mind.net> >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: Section 20.2 "FreeBSD-CURRENT vs. FreeBSD-STABLE" of The FreeBSD Handbook needs to be updated to reflect the changes announced by the Security Officer in the 11 May 2001 annoucement "Changes to FreeBSD security support policy", specifically this paragraph is not true (and, in fact, is contradicted by the annoucement): (In section 20.2.2.2) Tracking FreeBSD-STABLE also gives you easy access to security fixes for FreeBSD as they are released. However, you do not need to track FreeBSD-STABLE to do this, as every security advisory for FreeBSD explains how to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ fix the problem for the releases it affects. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: I think that some combination of updating this section of the Handbook and perhaps adding a new section "Supported Releases" (which is kept up to date) is needed to fix this inconsistancy. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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