Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.25.10

Greg KH
2008-07-16T14:47:19Z

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:01:51AM +0200, pageexec@freemail.hu wrote:
> On 15 Jul 2008 at 20:13, Greg KH wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:10:19PM -0300, Tiago Assumpcao wrote:
> > >
> > > All I ask for is to receive the "There are updates available." message as
> > > soon as one security problem is reported, understood and treated by your
> > > development part. And that is, the sooner possible, if you please.
> >
> > Do we not already do this today? I know I do this as soon as possible
> > for any reported problem for the -stable tree, as soon as the fix is in
> > Linus's tree.
> >
> > See the 2.6.25.11 release for an example of this.
>
> very good example of how you actually do *not* do what you claim. find me
> the word 'security' in your announcement. it's not there. amazing, isn't it.

No, it was a consious decision to do just to piss you off, glad to see
it worked :)

Come on, give me a break, Tiago asked that we do releases as soon as we
know about a security problem. 2.6.25.11 was released because of this,
and all users were told to upgrade. Is the fact that I add the magic
word "security" in a sentance in the email some specific requirement
that will make you happy?

Take a look at the words I used, if someone can't determine if they
should upgrade or not based on that, then they need to rely on a company
to provide updates for them, and not be running their own kernels
because they really have no clue about system management.

Bah, what a joke.

greg k-h