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Re: Unable to find RC bug targets to squash



On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> They may seem intimidating, but they're usually fairly straightforward
>> with a little research.
>
> While I certainly don't want to discourage people from working on
> security-related bugs, note that security-related bugs don't block the
> release (because they can be dealt with via an advisory after the
> release).  So if the goal is to get wheezy out faster, helping with
> security-related bugs doesn't really do much.

Having so many unaddressed issues prior to the release is certainly
not desirable, and if they remain unaddress it means a lot of for an
already over-loaded security team.  Let's fix these now where its just
a matter of an upload, rather than a DSA.

Best wishes,
Mike


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