also sprach Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> [2003.09.22.1331 +0200]: > It is unacceptable for us to distribute kernels with known > (security) bugs. It is unacceptable for us to backport features alongside security patches. From http://www.debian.org/security/faq: The most important guideline when making a new package that fixes a security problem is to make as few changes as possible. Our users and developers are relying on the exact behaviour of a release once it is made, so any change we make can possibly break someone's system. Also, 5.8.5.3 of the Developer's Reference is a necessary read for this discussion. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver!
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