Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Handling of embargoed security issues

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Eduardo,

On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 12:55 AM Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:18:07PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> Honestly, the fact that somehow the community managed to make this to
> stable (and eventually to distros) is really good. Imagine for a second
> a world in which these made only mainline and no stable branch..

It could have been the disaster needed to trigger a paradigm shift in the
software industry?

For a fully isolated/controlled system old stable may make sense, but in
the post-Internet connected world, where the whole world population can
peek at your front door, you'd better be prepared to upgrade any time.
Despite backporting, you'll always be vulnerable to some security issues
that were fixed in mainline.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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