Hi all,

There seems to be discussion in irc related to security patch for 5.1.1. For me 
there is couple of issues a bit unclear


1.      What is that security issue to be fixed? I haven't notice any request 
etc related it?



2.      What is the problem there. If we need to offer (or even release) 
security fix for 5.1.1 and call it 5.1.2 (5.1.1 + just that security fix) it 
should be pretty straight forward: current release branch is 5.1.1  so just add 
that one change there and re-tag it. Then we will have that 5.1.2 in official 
release branch and users can take it if needed. And we can even release it ( of 
course we don't want to do it now but still it is possible). I have read mails 
related to these old/5.0 or old/5.1 branches and to be honest I don't fully 
understood role of those. I understood that those are used to integrate 
important fixes on to top of those old releases but still those aren't official 
release branches at all. So those shouldn't affect anything for our releasing 
process, right? If we have to "launch" (tag) security release 5.1.2, it will be 
done from official release branch by just adding that one fix there, tag it to 
5.1.2 and that's it? And of course add that fix for those old/5.0 or old/5.1 
branches as well. Then users can either use official 5.1.2 "release" or use 
unofficial version from old/5.1 branch and everybody should be happy, right?


Br,
Jani

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Jani Heikkinen
Release Manager

Digia Plc
Elektroniikkatie 10, FI 90590 Oulu Finland


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