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Re: testing vs. stable on the tracker: n-th round



On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 23:26:33 -0400 Michael S Gilbert wrote:

> On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 00:55:58 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote:
> 
> > Hi all!
> > 
> > Once again, a lenny update was issued.
> > Once again, there are vulnerabilities in the tracker that show up as
> > fixed in lenny (or lenny security), and as unfixed in squeeze, despite
> > the package version is the *same* in the two branches:
[...]
> > Please fix these inconsistencies.
> 
> these should be fixed now.

Thanks.

I checked the pages and there is one left to fix:
http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2009-1836

> the tracker is not set up to automatically
> handle the stable point release -> testing automatic transitions, so you
> can expect this with every new point release, and we will have to fix
> it manually.

Yes, I am aware of this.
I'll try to keep an eye on this at each stable update point release,
even though I cannot obviously guarantee that I will always have time
for doing so.

Needless to say, anyone interested in avoiding this manual fixing
process, is encouraged to implement an automatic handling mechanism in
the tracker!  ;-)



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