Re: Release date for Privoxy 3.0.19 stable

Lee <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.privoxy.devel
Message-ID <CAD8GWstSwbEsOKjVMZvaRkkY3RB=+kcbMJ2nB7d7BOQtDZdG-A@mail.gmail.com>
On 12/26/11, Fabian Keil <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 12/24/11, Fabian Keil <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > While reviewing some Privoxy code, I discovered a bug that allows
>> > a malicious server to crash Privoxy on some platforms.
>> >
>> > Therefore, and because of the socks4/socks4a regression reported at:
>> > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3464439&group_id=11118&atid=111118
>> > I think 3.0.19 should fix those issues, contain no new features
>> > and be released soon.
>> >
>> > My preferred release dates would be either Monday or next
>> > weekend. Given the low amount of changes, I consider both
>> > dates doable.
>> >
>> > Any opinions?
>>
>> Monday, since It sounds like a new release is merited
>
> I think we should wait for a response from David, though.

OK

> It also looks like next to nobody is using socks4/4a
> with Privoxy anymore, or those that do didn't update
> yet, so there's no need to hurry.

If the crash bug you found is in the socks4/4a code, agreed.  It would
seem that code path is hardly ever used.

Drat!  I went to SF to check the download numbers and it's got
  Looking for the latest version? Download privoxy_setup_3.0.17.exe
under the home / win32 / 3.0.18 files section.  I'll try to fix that.

>> I really miss the SF emails for changes made to the source code.  Oh
>> well.. off to see how you fixed the socks4 problem
>
> Unfortunately I don't think we'll get the commit mails
> back until we switch to another version control system
> or leave SF.

I'll ask.  The SF admins turned a lot of stuff off when they were
under attack.  maybe they'll turn the commit emails back on now..

Lee

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