On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Jim Popovitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Fair enough. Where's the release then? > > > > Dragon is right -- the code is up-to-date and waiting for translation, as > do pretty much all RCs released by this project. > > > > > Look, I know you folks are working hard on this, and I certainly don't > > dis-respect that. > > > > Actions speak louder than words, and your actions in this case tell me that > you most definitely *do* dis-respect us. > > Feel free to act in some other manner that proves me wrong. > > > > > HOWEVER, the process flow needs some re-thinking. > > You should not publicly release security vulnerability details before > > fixes are identified for current versions. I can't imagine that you > > don't already know that. > > > > I don't care what you think. You don't run this project. We have to > support a wide variety of languages, and we can't just release an > English-only version when we think it's ready. > > The best we can do is to put out an RC and tell people what the reasons are > for wanting to upgrade to this code, so long as they know it's only going to > be available in limited numbers of languages. Others can wait for the > updated versions that support their language of choice. > > Each person installing or running Mailman gets to make their own choice as > to when they're going to pull that trigger. The security notices are out > there, there is an RC available which addresses them. If you feel the > burning need to have the latest and greatest code which avoids the more > recent security issues, then go and install the RC. > > > But unless you're putting up the money to run this entire project out of > your own personal pocket, I'm tired of listening to you bitch at us for not > following your rules regarding how a release should be done.
Nice. Sad too. -Jim P. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
