Re: A question about patches distribution

On Sat, 11 Aug 2018, Didier Spaier via slackware wrote:

> The Slackware Security mailing lists as says its name, mentions only
> updates provided as security fixes.
>
> Some patches are provided as bug fixes but not security fixes.
>
> I think that only the patches tagged (* Security fix *) in the ChangeLogs
> like ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/ChangeLog.txt
> are mentioned in the Slackware Security mailing list.

Didier,

   I wondered if the security patches were the only ones sent to the mail
list. This does make sense and confirms that bug fixes have a lower priority
unless they also pose a security vulnerability.

Thanks!

Rich

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