Security fixes in Extras
seth vidal
skvidal at linux.duke.edu
Fri Jan 13 21:19:54 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 15:15 -0600, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > Because I maintain a package (denyhosts) which contains a daemon that
> > runs continuously as root, the issue of how to handle security fixes
> > for packages in extras interests me greatly.
> >
> > Some questions:
> >
> > Is there any defined procedure for handling security fixes?
>
> No.
>
> > What if the maintainer is out of pocket?
>
> Others with CVS access should make the fix in cases like this.
>
> > If I need to push a security fix, is there a way to jump ahead in the
> > build queue and expedite the sign and push process?
>
> Not that I know of. Expediting the sign/push process could be done by
> asking someone with access to the buildsys to do the push I suppose.
>
> > Is there somewhere I could send an update announcement?
>
> Here is the best place I think. There is no fedora-extras-announce list.
>
> Now the real question is, should there be some sort of defined policy for
> security fixes?
>
I'd be game with making a extras-security alert address that had the
package signers and some other security folks on it so we could expedite
things if need be.
but a private list, for obvious reasons.
-sv
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