On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:57:22 +0400 Sergey Popov <pinkb...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 20.08.2013 23:42, Tom Wijsman пишет: > > On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:29:09 -0400 > > Wyatt Epp <wyatt....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What manner of bitrot? > > > > They might ... > > > > 2. ... contain security bugs that later versions have fixed. > > There should be security bug on our bugzilla with quick stabilization > on it and(probably) GLSA. Not all security bugs are visible; the older a piece of software, the higher the chance that some people know about one or another exploit that the rest of the world does not know about. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
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