Re: Update releases - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Fetter
Subject Re: Update releases
Date
Msg-id 20110725224720.GD28754@fetter.org
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In response to Re: Update releases  (Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>)
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On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 11:59:55PM +0100, Thom Brown wrote:
> On 1 July 2011 23:57, David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > Now that there's a (very minor) crypto fix and a new DST ruleset, when
> > can we get the next set of minor revs out the door?
> 
> Do we know how many identified bugs are still outstanding?  There's at
> least the SSPI issue for which a patch has been submitted and requires
> review, commit and back-patching.

I'm thinking whatever such bugs are outstanding can wait until the
next minor rev, which is to say that the CVE involved with that crypto
fix should take precedence.  I know it's minor, but a known-unfixed
access control bug looks very bad, no matter how trivial that bug is.

Cheers,
David.
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