Good point; please ask him. We have at least on month in beta.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rod Taylor wrote: > On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 13:13, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Justin Clift wrote: > > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > > > > Justin Clift wrote: > > > > > Only two things which have the potential to be worth waiting for, from > > > > > what I'm aware of. There may be others: > > > > > > > > > > - Find out from Sir Mordred if he wants to take a look at the CVS > > > > > version of code and audit in that for a bit, Just In Case he turns > > > > > up something that's serious and requires substantial re-work. > > > > > Although it means he wouldn't have a bunch of "I found this existing > > > > > exploit" type releases, we could instead offer him credit on the > > > > > press release along the lines of "This released has been audited for > > > > > security flaws in its code by Sir Mordred". Am pretty sure he'd > > > > > do a very thorough job for that, as it means he'd have an official > > > > > "product reputation" he'd need to stand by for it. > > > > > > > > This is interesting. He would have a month to do it. > > > > > > Reckon it's worth asking him, to find out if he'd be interested in this? > > > > > > I wouldn't do it yet until we know if we are going to delay. > > I'd ask anyway. 99% of the issues he finds will be fairly localized. > Anything truly new (not on TODO already) will probably require a fair > bit of time to track down, then fix time on top (2 months delay?). > > Anyway, these types of discoveries are better in beta than after the > release and would still warrent a mention if there is a fair amount of > ground covered. > > > Personally, I'd be more interested in whats safe (covered) than whats > broken. Posting the successful test cases as some proof rowards > stability / security of the new release would realize immediate gains in > settling nervous VPs about the new installation. > > > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
