On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 2:43 AM Christopher Clark < christopher.w.cl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 9:44 PM Henry Wang <henry.w...@arm.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Since there will be a batch of XSAs released on Nov. 1 [1] and the >> original date for >> the 4.17 release was supposed to be Nov. 2, I am thinking to postpone the >> 4.17 >> release to a week later (Nov. 11) to give a little bit longer time so >> that: >> >> - The security team won't do anything in rush. >> - We can have more feedback after merging these XSAs. >> - Include more release-relevant bugfixes. >> >> May I please have some feedback on this proposal? Thanks very much! >> > > I think you have presented an appropriate rationale for the date > adjustment, so I am supportive of it. > > As for effect on downstreams: I don't think that this change of date will > negatively affect OpenEmbedded and Yocto (+CC Bruce for visibility). > > Thanks for the heads up. We have time in our cycle, so no problems on this end. Bruce > Christopher > > >> >> [1] https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/ >> >> Kind regards, >> Henry >> >> -- - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await thee at its end - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II
