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Re: Problems caused by recent security update to openoffice.org-ure package
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:44:10 +0100
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Troy Dawson wrote:

> I'm sorry, but what did ya'll want me to do?
> I had it in testing for at least a month.
> I announced it.
> It had a security problem and this was the solution from The Upstream Vendor.
> What else did you want?

A mention in the errata mail (preferably at least 3 lines long)
that this was a major version update would have been nice.

Slipping a major version upgrade of a substantial package into
a security update is worth a mention in the note of that update ?

-- 
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison		Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
[log in to unmask]	http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

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