From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Thu Dec 24 16:25:12 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E3A4CA29B for ; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 16:25:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from naddy@mips.inka.de) Received: from mail.inka.de (mail.inka.de [IPv6:2a04:c9c7:0:1073:217:a4ff:fe3b:e77c]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D1wQv3HkLz4kjr for ; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 16:25:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from naddy@mips.inka.de) Received: from mips.inka.de (naddy@[127.0.0.1]) by mail.inka.de with uucp (rmailwrap 0.5) id 1ksTQJ-003Huz-BZ; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:25:07 +0100 Received: from lorvorc.mips.inka.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorvorc.mips.inka.de (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 0BOGKgfe012143; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:20:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de) Received: (from naddy@localhost) by lorvorc.mips.inka.de (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 0BOGKg1x012142; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:20:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from naddy) Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:20:42 +0100 From: Christian Weisgerber To: Michael Grimm Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git and the loss of revision numbers Message-ID: References: <54116640-E6A1-4C53-9D7E-4384F942628E@ellael.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54116640-E6A1-4C53-9D7E-4384F942628E@ellael.org> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4D1wQv3HkLz4kjr X-Spamd-Bar: -- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.10 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2a04:c9c7:0:1073:217:a4ff:fe3b:e77c:from]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[naddy]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[inka.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2a04:c9c7:0:1073:217:a4ff:fe3b:e77c:from:127.0.2.255]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:202113, ipnet:2a04:c9c7::/32, country:DE]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-current] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 16:25:12 -0000 Michael Grimm: > If I do understand it correctly, the switch from svn to git comes with a loss of continuously increasing revision numbers. Correct. > Correct? If so I wonder how future security advisories and errata notices will be composed. Will there be a date of the commit besides its hash being reported? For over TWENTY YEARS, FreeBSD advisories have already contained the date when the problem was corrected, e.g.: Topic: Several vulnerabilities in procfs [REVISED] Category: core Module: procfs Announced: 2000-12-18 Reissued: 2000-12-29 Affects: FreeBSD 4.x and 3.x prior to the correction date. Corrected: 2000-12-16 (FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE) 2000-12-18 (FreeBSD 3.5.1-STABLE) I think it is safe to assume that this practice will continue after the switch to Git. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de