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Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:49:57 -0500
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> 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 ?
>
It was in the errata for the 5.5 release email.  Does the number of 
lines really matter?

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Mr. Mark V. Stodola
Digital Systems Engineer

National Electrostatics Corp.
P.O. Box 620310
Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA
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