Re: Approval of announcement

yay! (i mean, yes!)

skk

Kevin E Martin wrote:

>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!
>
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>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.
>....
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