Re: Proposed GR: State exception for security bugs in Social Contract clause 3

2017-01-10 Thread Martin Bagge / brother
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2017-01-10 07:49, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > I'm not opposed to amending the SC to say that security issues my > be kept private for a limited time, but I'm not sure it's worth > it. This. Hear hear. > I especially would like to avoid anything th

Re: Proposed GR: State exception for security bugs in Social Contract clause 3

2017-01-10 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 04:45:36 PM Sean Whitton wrote: > Hello, > > In my original proposal e-mail, I should have said more about why I > think this is a good idea. My apologies for not having done so. > > No-one who understands how GNU/Linux distributions work thinks that > there is anyth

Re: Proposed GR: State exception for security bugs in Social Contract clause 3

2017-01-10 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, In my original proposal e-mail, I should have said more about why I think this is a good idea. My apologies for not having done so. No-one who understands how GNU/Linux distributions work thinks that there is anything problematic about short-term embargos of information about serious secu

Re: Proposed GR: State exception for security bugs in Social Contract clause 3

2017-01-10 Thread Bdale Garbee
Scott Kitterman writes: > I don't think we should be monkeying with the Social Contract to solve a non- > problem. I agree. Bdale signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Proposed GR: State exception for security bugs in Social Contract clause 3

2017-01-10 Thread Russ Allbery
Lars Wirzenius writes: > I'm not opposed to amending the SC to say that security issues my be > kept private for a limited time, but I'm not sure it's worth it. Yup, this is where I'm at too. > I especially would like to avoid anything that results in nitpicking > details, either during a GR or