On 7/28/07, Antonio Petrelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/7/28, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > While I suppose consulting the PMC would have been appropriate, I disagree > > all votes, no matter what, should be open for 72 hours. In this case, a > > severe security fix release, we should allow a shorter time. Perhaps that > > would be 12 or 18 hours, but certainly no more than 24. Just because the > > fix took a few days to arrive doesn't mean we can afford to waste another 3 > > days just for process' sake. > > I agree when we say that, for security fixes, all the release process > should be shorter. > Anyway security fixes, in general, are applied to already-working > releases. What I mean is that we needed to release some sort of > "2.0.8.1" release, not a 2.0.9 with all the other fixes. > > Just my 0.02 euros. > > Antonio >
I feel Niall and Antonio are right about this. People in deep need for that fix will however be able to patch it themselves and the process must be followed. I do agree that maybe a shorter version would be oke too -- but a 52 minutes vote is quite unusual and I am really wondering if all those 3 voters really had the time to try that distro???. bests, ./alex -- .w( the_mindstorm )p. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
