Approval of announcement
Kevin E Martin <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.freedesktop.release-wranglers |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
As discussed on the release wranglers call earlier today, I've included the text for the X11R6.8.1 announcement below. I'm looking for approval and/or comments. Please respond by 6pm EDT today. Leon will handle sending the official announcement to the appropriate mailing lists after 6pm. Thanks! ----------------------------------------------------- X11R6.8.1 Release of the X Window System X.Org Foundation Releases Security Update For X Window System Version X11R6.8.0 Brookline MA, September 17, 2004 - The X.Org Foundation today announced the release of an update for the X Window System, which addresses the possible security vulnerability announced on September 15, 2004. The security advisory, which includes a description of the issue, can be found here: http://www.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.0/patches/README.xorg-CAN-2004-0687-0688.patch This bug affects all known versions and releases of the X Window System, whether from X.Org or other vendors. Therefore, users are strongly recommended to upgrade. Pre-release source tar files and a patch were made available shortly after the security advisory was released, which contained the security fix plus some preliminary documentation. The X.Org Foundation has now updated the source tar files and patch with the complete documentation and the updated release version and dates strings, and has made them available for download from http://www.X.Org and X.Org mirror sites worldwide. The original release announcement for X11R6.8.0 follows. ....