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Re: CAN to CVE: changing changelogs?



On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 11:32:15AM +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
> Hello people,
> 
> As many of you are probably aware, CVE has changed the naming of their
> id's: the temporary "CAN-" prefix has been dropped and an id is now
> always of the form CVE-yyyy-nnnn. More information at the CVE website.
> 
> I was wondering what to do with changelogs. I think it might make sense
> to rename CAN-... numbers in old entries to CVE-..., since all entries
> have been renamed and this aids to the goal: having one unique string to
> find any vulnerability by.
> 
> Are there any thoughts on changing changelogs retroactively? Might it
> even be an idea to add a lintian check for 'old-style' CAN id's?

I believe that changelogs should never be changed restrospectively.

-- 
Horms



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