On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 02:46:24PM +0100, Stefan Fuhrmann wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Ben Reser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The 1.8.7 release artifacts are now available for testing/signing. > > Please get the tarballs from > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/subversion > > and add your signatures there. I plan to try and release on February > > 19th so please try and get your votes/signatures in place by February 17th. > > > > Note that autoprop_tests.py is known to have spurious failures from time to > > time when libmagic support is enabled and tests are run in parallel. > > > > *Sigh* You'll gone love this ... > > IMO, the membuffer cache bug just reported on dev@ is serious > enough to warrant another re-roll of 1.8.x :( > 1.7 is not affected; 1.9 has boundary checks in place that prevent > the infinite loop making it just an efficiency issue. > > I'll apply patches etc. tonight. > > Sorry. > > -- Stefan^2.
Why not commit the patch as usual and vote it through as usual? Is it a security issue?

