From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay1.mentorg.com ([192.94.38.131]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P5iGW-0004L6-AJ for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:03:55 +0200 Received: from svr-orw-exc-08.mgc.mentorg.com ([147.34.98.97]) by relay1.mentorg.com with esmtp id 1P5iG2-0007Gv-8b from Tom_Rini@mentor.com for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:03:22 -0700 Received: from na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com ([134.86.114.213]) by SVR-ORW-EXC-08.mgc.mentorg.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:03:22 -0700 Received: from [172.30.80.109] ([172.30.80.109]) by na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:03:20 -0600 Message-ID: <4CB494D5.3010900@mentor.com> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:03:17 -0700 From: Tom Rini Organization: Mentor Graphics Corporation User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100411) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <4CB48C51.9000403@mentor.com> <4CB490CD.50500@balister.org> In-Reply-To: <4CB490CD.50500@balister.org> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Oct 2010 17:03:21.0128 (UTC) FILETIME=[5FAB9A80:01CB6A2F] X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.94.38.131 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: Tom_Rini@mentor.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove older freetype versions X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:03:57 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Philip Balister wrote: > On 10/12/2010 12:41 PM, Koen Kooi wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 12-10-10 18:26, Tom Rini wrote: >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I'd like to remove all versions of freetype before 2.4.3. The only dist >>> which is pinning freetype currently does so via >>> conf/distro/include/preferred-opie-versions.inc and that pins to a >>> non-existent version (it's using OPIE_VERSION which seems wrong). All >>> of the previous versions have various security issues, including >>> remotely exploitable ones. Only the very oldest version we have as a >>> D_P -1 so everyone was using 2.3.12 and will be going up to 2.4.3 >>> (libraries are compat). >> >> Speaking of freetype, the bytecode patent expired, so we can turn that >> on and get nicer text :) >> >> And removing older freetypes is a good idea > > I'd like to point people at openwmbedded/removal.txt. This would be a > good place to schedule things for deletion. As in I added a new version > and made it active, but do not want to delete the older version for a > couple of months just in case something crops up. So leave a note in > removal.txt to look are removing a recipe on a certain date. In general, good idea. But we've been doing things a lot quicker more recently. And I'd like to not wait for a long time for security related items. -- Tom Rini Mentor Graphics Corporation