Juju needs security contacts

Clint Byrum clint at ubuntu.com
Mon Aug 27 17:29:29 UTC 2012


Excerpts from Gustavo Niemeyer's message of 2012-08-27 08:18:44 -0700:
> Thanks for pushing this forward Clint.
> 
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Clint Byrum <clint at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > * Commit fixes to public branches and send notifications about security fix.
> 
> When we do face a significant threat, publishing to a public branch at
> the announcement time isn't enough. People should actually have a good
> path to make use of the fix. Secrecy isn't worth much if the bad guys
> can still make use of the problem significantly earlier than people
> have a chance to fix it.

Right, this is the reason for the coordinated release pattern.

That said, I do see that commit is not enough, but actual patch releases
of the software must be made at the same time the commits are pushed.



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