On Mar 9, 2020, at 03:45, Ayoub Zaki <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Nothing to discuss in public.
>> 
>>> This
>>> has been the situation from the start of the project, certainly this was
>>> the case 5 years ago when I joined it, and the only person ever to make an
>>> issue out of it is you. Everyone else seems to understand the deal they're
>>> getting by using Yocto without a commercial support contract.
>>> ...
>> You are saying that 'track and fix CVEs' is on users.
>> Let's check what YP is telling users.
>> 
>> Click on the "Is Yocto Project for you?" link on the YP frontpage:
>> 
>> https://www.yoctoproject.org/is-yocto-project-for-you/
>> 13. Yocto Project follows a strict release schedule incorporating
>> security patches in all supported releases. This predictability is
>> crucial for projects that are based on Yocto Project and allows the
>> development teams to plan their activities. Developers can choose which
>> Yocto Project branch on which to base their activities as a function of
>> their needs. The development branch will ensure access to the latest
>> features while the stable branches will reduce the pace of changes. CVEs
>> (common vulnerabilities and exposures) issues are supported for the
>> latest 2 releases.
> 
> 
> Adrian is making a point here, The Yocto Project by claiming that it supports 
> security patches for Stable releases is misleading the Users!
> 
> I work with different customers and some of them think that by using and 
> pulling the latest releases they will get the CVEs automatically fixed!
> 
> YP should state that CLEARLY! Of course it will impact the choice of going 
> with Yocto or Not ( probably NOT in this case).

Would the Yocto mailing list [1] be a good venue to reach the maintainers of 
the Yocto website? There are now a handful of OE-arch / OE-core threads on this 
topic, which could be consolidated into a single thread on the Yocto list, 
where participants can act on recommendations.

Rich

[1] https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/yocto

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