* Kern Sibbald schrieb am 10.09.07 um 18:49 Uhr: > On Monday 10 September 2007 16:39, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > > On Monday 10 September 2007 04:27, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > > >> Kern Sibbald wrote: > > >>> At this time, I do not have a patch for 2.0.x versions, and unless > > >>> there is some really compelling reason to create one, I would prefer > > >>> not -- it would not be a huge effort to back port the patch, but it > > >>> would require rather extensive testing. Though it is hard to make a > > >>> specific recommendation, I believe that it probably will be the wisest > > >>> and simplest to either patch version 2.2.x if that is what you are > > >>> currently running, or upgrade to version 2.2.3 when it is released. > > >> > > >> My personal recommendation would be to release a patch to all versions > > >> back to at 1.38.x if the bug can be verified. I know that not too many > > >> people are running that version anymore, but if this bug is serious > > >> enough that the software will not work, I would personally be worried > > >> that someone will use one of these versions (the latest available of the > > >> minor release, eg. the latest 1.38.x) and not know that this is a > > >> problem. > > > > > > Yes, notifying users is a problem. If they are not subscribed to either > > > the bugs database or the announce list, they are out of luck :-( > > > > > > I'm considering adding a feature that the user could enable that would > > > automatically notify him of critical problems, but that won't help in > > > this case. > > > > The website would be another place. I also applaud the decision to > > remove the affected versions for the time being. I guess the final risk > > here now is installing many current distributions will get you an > > affected version. > > Yes, unfortunately. Hopefully the downstream packagers are plugged into the > project.
I removed the affected packages from the packman repository as well. -Marc -- **************************************************** * (morganj): 0 is false and 1 is true, correct? * * (alec_eso): 1, morganj * * (morganj): bastard. * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
