Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:18:06 -0700 From: Jungle Boogie <jungleboogie0@gmail.com> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg repositories out of alignment Message-ID: <5425D80E.9000909@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1411761303.37126.172207289.07A402AF@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <CAHFU5H5WOnAXuFmfQEGkTvwoECATTCC3eKYE3yts%2BBqh1M_8ww@mail.gmail.com> <00000148ab969845-5940abcc-bb88-4111-8f7f-8671b0d0300b-000000@us-west-2.amazonses.com> <54243F0F.6070904@FreeBSD.org> <54244982.8010002@FreeBSD.org> <20140925193555.GB28430@satori.lan> <20140926123803.GA30925@zxy.spb.ru> <F0417142-C09B-4D05-9DFC-81D58C1F4AAB@vpnc.org> <1411761303.37126.172207289.07A402AF@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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Dear Mark, -------------------------------------------- From: Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:55:03 -0500 To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg repositories out of alignment (was: Re: bash velnerability) > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014, at 10:25, Paul Hoffman wrote: >> >> I appreciate the speed that folks update the packages; I'm a bit >> distressed that 9.3 seems to be a second-class citizen for security >> fixes. (And I totally admit that I could be misreading the situation.) >> > > (speaking strictly as a consumer of the pkg repository) > > I am not aware of any other packages with security vulnerabilities that > have been updated on the repository outside of the planned once-a-week > schedule. This means if the package set is built and published and > immediately thereafter a vulnerability comes out for www/chromium, don't > expect to see the update until next week. But how do other operating systems build or patch new applications so quickly and make it available in a pkg manner? > > FYI, the repositories are built sequentially and I don't think there's a > preference of a certain release over another. They're working hard to > get these updated packages out the door as fast as possible. Is is alphabetical order? If so B should be coming up soon! ;) -- inum: 883510009027723 sip: jungleboogie@sip2sip.info xmpp: jungle-boogie@jit.si
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