> On 5 Jun 2015, at 12:43, Ian Campbell <ian.campb...@citrix.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 2015-06-05 at 12:32 +0100, Lars Kurth wrote:
>>> On 3 Jun 2015, at 10:35, Ian Campbell <ian.campb...@citrix.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 2015-06-01 at 10:36 +0100, Lars Kurth wrote:
>>>> In the event that we do not have a patch available two working weeks
>>>> before the disclosure date, we aim to send an advisory that reflects
>>>> the current state of knowledge to the Xen security pre-disclosure
>>>> list. An updated advisory will be published as soon as available.
>>> 
>>> I'm a bit concerned about the conditions and frequency with which
>>> updated advisories would be expected, but not enough to object, +1.
>>> 
>>> Ian.
>> 
>> Ian, would expect that this clause will only really kick in in rare 
>> situations, as in the Venom case, where we were waiting for a patch from a 
>> 3rd party. For example, if the security team almost has an advisory ready 2 
>> weeks before the disclosure date, I wouldn't expect that anything would 
>> change and you just do what you have always done. I think the phrase "aim 
>> to" gives the security team enough flexibility.
>> 
>> That was my interpretation of the text (or the intention). I just didn't 
>> want to over-codify the text. 
>> 
>> Does this make sense?
> 
> Yep, and more importantly I can point to this mail if there is any
> disagreement about the spirit of the text ;-)
> 
> Ian.

Any more votes from committers? 
As far was I can see we had Konrad, Ian C and Tim voting.
Ian J was on vacation last week and I forgot to CC Jan (apologies).
Regards
Lars
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