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Re: An alarming trend (no it's not flaimbait.) (fwd)



On 26 Dec 2001, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:

> Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> writes:
>
> > Of course, there are hints that there is another segfault bug out there, with
> > the latest version in woody.  It's not repeatable, however.  Also, on this
> > note, I stand by 1.9.18, as being one of the most safest versions of dpkg,
> > with regard to buffer overruns, and the like.
>
> That also points out that dpkg is not a good example; some packages
> are sufficiently critical that conservatism in bug fixing is
> important.

Yes, it does.  See my uploads of 1.9.11 thru 1.9.14.



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