From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sean Subject: Re: git and time Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:46:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20060926233321.GA17084@coredump.intra.peff.net> <20060927002745.15344.qmail@web51005.mail.yahoo.com> <20060926205632.5d487cc9.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> <7vk63qnlc2.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vhcyukpkc.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20060926224133.714337eb.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> <20060929173736.GA13635@delft.aura.cs.cmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Junio C Hamano , David Lang , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Sep 29 19:46:26 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GTMRK-0008Rb-A1 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:46:22 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161311AbWI2RqT (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:46:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161318AbWI2RqT (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:46:19 -0400 Received: from bayc1-pasmtp03.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.163]:32380 "EHLO BAYC1-PASMTP03.bayc1.hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161311AbWI2RqS (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:46:18 -0400 X-Originating-IP: [65.94.249.130] X-Originating-Email: [seanlkml@sympatico.ca] Received: from linux1.attic.local ([65.94.249.130]) by BAYC1-PASMTP03.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:46:17 -0700 Received: from guru.attic.local ([10.10.10.28]) by linux1.attic.local with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GTMRE-0004CQ-OI; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:46:16 -0400 To: Jan Harkes Message-Id: <20060929134616.7966d18c.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060929173736.GA13635@delft.aura.cs.cmu.edu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.10.3; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Sep 2006 17:46:17.0895 (UTC) FILETIME=[2AA78B70:01C6E3EF] Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:37:36 -0400 Jan Harkes wrote: > I don't see the point in knowing how many days ago the security fix was > published, since I'd really care if my machine is running a kernel that > contains the fix. It was just a single example, one maybe not important to you. In fact it might be interesting to someone who isn't even running _any_ Linux kernel themselves; a security researcher or journalist for instance. There are other examples as well. Maybe none of them would apply to your needs, but there are people who would find it interesting and convenient. Sean