<p>Hi, i m looking for a complete package review process. I have only found</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">Le 22 juin 2011 18:27, "Les Mikesell" <<a href="mailto:lesmikesell@gmail.com">lesmikesell@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br type="attribution">> On 6/22/2011 4:17 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:<br>
>><br>>>> I'd expect it to be common for the kernels and probably glibc's included with a<br>>>> point release or soon thereafter to include security fixes. If you push those,<br>>>> you have the biggest risk of affecting everything else - so what's the point of<br>
>>> isolating the rest?<br>>>><br>>> All I can see is you pushing extreme case scenario on something that is<br>>> good will of the devs to lower aggravation of people waiting for point<br>>> release to be completed, with agenda to push for 2-days delay between<br>
>> upstream and CentOS point releases, knowing it can not physically<br>>> happen. It's like watching my 2-years old nephew screaming for his<br>>> bottle of milk even tho he can see his mother pouring it just in front<br>
>> of him.<br>> <br>>> The packages that **can** be released faster *will* be released faster,<br>>> those that could brake things will be held back, it is simple as that,<br>>> at least in my book.<br>
> <br>> It's speculation at this point, but I think security fixes in the kernel <br>> and major libs are to be expected instead of being some extreme case, <br>> and those are precisely the most likely things that would cause <br>
> something to break if done incorrectly. The point of planning the early <br>> release concept in the first place should be to get these fixes out to <br>> the people who otherwise become targets of well-known exploits and <br>
> rootkits. Assume, for example, that another flaw is found in php or a <br>> web app that allows remote command execution, and another glibc flaw <br>> like the one recently fixed that allowed root escalation if you could <br>
> make a symlink to a suid file. Now assume that the fixes for these <br>> vulnerabilities comes in or immediately after the point release. That <br>> scenario seems normal, expected, and what the early release planning <br>
> should be all about instead of holding these back until a working <br>> ananconda and iso layout is ready and tested.<br>> <br>>> I will even dare to speculate that main reason for people to opt-in for<br>
>> CR repo will be so they can see how many packages are finished and to<br>>> see packages coming out so they do not freak out without a visible<br>>> progress. Side affect will be that some of them will be able to busy<br>
>> them selfs with comparing against upstream packages.<br>> <br>> I think this is unlikely - unless they are unaware of the pending <br>> security issues, don't watch the news, and never look at their logs - or <br>
> don't have an internet connection.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Les Mikesell<br>> <a href="mailto:lesmikesell@gmail.com">lesmikesell@gmail.com</a><br>> _______________________________________________<br>
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