Pushing updates for Fedora 7

Josh Boyer jwboyer at jdub.homelinux.org
Sun Jun 3 19:55:09 UTC 2007


On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 15:49 -0400, Luke Macken wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 02:32:29PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 15:31 -0400, Luke Macken wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 06:10:40AM -0400, Luke Macken wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 05:06:25PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > > > Luke Macken <lmacken at redhat.com> writes:
> > > > > > Once we agree on a policy, I can implement it.  I've heard some people
> > > > > > suggest letting updates sit in testing for 7 days, and if there are no
> > > > > > complaints, then they can be pushed to the stable repo.  This sounds
> > > > > > fine to me, what does everyone else think?
> > > > > 
> > > > > <cough>zero-day security patches</cough>
> > > > 
> > > > Security updates go straight to Stable already.
> > > 
> > > ... but will soon require an approval from a member of the security team
> > > before they hit any repo.  Core security updates currently require
> > > approval from the Red Hat security response team.  With F7, it will
> > > require approval from a member of the Fedora security response team.
> > 
> > Erm... wait.  Where (other than this email) was that discussed?
> 
> It was discussed between some members of the Fedora Security
> Response Team, and was suggested by the Team Lead, Josh Bressers.
> 
> This approval mechanism has yet to be implemented in bodhi, and I think
> should require an ACK from the board/FESCo before it does.

Agreed.  Thanks for the clarification Luke.

Let's get this added to the FESCo schedule.  Could Josh Bressers perhaps
attend when it gets discussed?

josh




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