Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:44:22 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Meaning of severity/priority for ports PRs Message-ID: <20020928024422.GC66227@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <akofak7afo.fak@localhost.localdomain> References: <akofak7afo.fak@localhost.localdomain>
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--Qbvjkv9qwOGw/5Fx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:39:07PM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > So does a bug that prevents the games/diddle program from running > get a severity/priority of critical/high (from the port's viewpoint) > or non-critical/low (from the viewpoints of the OS or the OS=20 > developers or most porters)? Unfortunately severity and priority are not very meaningful because most people regularly abuse them (IT IS A CRITICAL BUG THAT THERE IS A TYPO IN THIS COMMENT). I don't usually pay attention to them myself. Kris --Qbvjkv9qwOGw/5Fx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9lReGWry0BWjoQKURAni6AJ9kmccDrZeFBILmdc+u8AsXOP8rnwCgvm5t m+uiooj3ksmA2Wco7f7w+Ss= =V9Bm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qbvjkv9qwOGw/5Fx-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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