Mon, 28 May 2018 20:30:33 +0200 Harald Dunkel <[email protected]> > On 5/25/18 3:20 PM, Alexander Bluhm wrote: > > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 07:32:29AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > >> Do you think this is worth a syspatch? > > > > You are asking this question for three times. The answer is no. > > > > Twice, IIRC. My apologies. Thanx for your answer. I am glad that > I could help to verify the fix. > > > Errata and syspatch are for security issues that can be triggered > > remotely or by a local non-root user. > > Surely I have not your insight into the internals, so I am glad > to learn that this problem cannot be triggered remotely. > > > If we would fix every panic > > in stable, we could not concentrate on developing OpenBSD current. > > Doing errata involves at least five people who could spend their > > time on creating new features instead. We provide security fixes, > > may handle stability issues, but will not bug fix old releases. > > > > Bugs like this one show lack of release testing. So instead of > > asking to repair old stuff, please help us to make new things better. > > By testing snapshots and diffs on production or production-like > > systems, the community can improve OpenBSD releases. > > > > I am running OpenBSD stable on my gateway at home. Surly I can move
Surly, Harri - Harri, Surly. Now that you know each other, read again the previous posts. And please keep testing around release time if you want to run the release, thanks. We do not need to know how you run your company infrastructure, and this is by no means an excuse to disregard the fine advice provided for free. Also, if possible ensure yourself peace by having a test box & rollback. It's not a surprise: ~99% snapshots are production quality and run fine. Kind regards, Anton Lazarov > it to the current version. However, I am not allowed to put the > production environment of a mid size company at risk. In this context > OpenBSD 6.3 is not "the old stuff", but the stable version released > just a few weeks ago. Its *the* version I should run. > > The syspatches help me to keep downtimes as short as possible. IMU > the syspatch support is a major improvement of OpenBSD. > > Of course I highly appreciate the work of all OpenBSD developers and > maintainers. > > > Regards > Harri >
