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Re: a question about BTS severities



Herbert Xu wrote:
> Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> wrote:
> >
> > Similarly, I don't think a bug is grave if it makes a package unusable by
> > just one person in an odd sitution. On the other hand, I think all security
> > and data loss bugs are grave, even if only a few people can trigger them.
> 
> I disagree.  If a package causes a remote root exploit to be available, even
> if it's only in a very specific configuration, I would say that it is critical.

No, it's grave. All security bugs are grave, it's part of the definition of
that priority. And later in my message, I said:

  Similarly, I don't think a bug is grave if it makes a package unusable by 
  just one person in an odd sitution. On the other hand, I think all security 
  and data loss bugs are grave, even if only a few people can trigger them. 

-- 
see shy jo


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