On 11/08/2012 07:59 AM, Steven Haigh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently working through an issue with OpenSSH in 6.3.
>
> Relevant bugzilla entries:
> Fedora 18: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872608
> EL6: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869903
>
> I'm a bit curious how stuff gets into the fastbugs or testing repos 
> for SL. Are these the same source repos that TUV uses for the same 
> repo names?
>
> When this does get fixed and confirmed, I'm going to try and chase it 
> through the EL6 chains as well as F18.
>

Items in the 'fastbugs' repo are packages released by upstream which do 
not address a security issue and are not part of a point release.  These 
are primarily bugfix and enhancement packages.  Some packages developed 
by Scientific Linux are also considered fastbugs, depending on when they 
were developed and how quickly they should be released.

Packages in the 'testing' repo are packages that we feel could benefit 
from some additional testing before being merged with the main trees.  
This is handled on a case by case basis, so it is difficult to provide 
an exact description.  For upstream packages, these packages are 
typically built from the publicly released source.  For example, when 
firefox moved from the 3 series to the 10 series, the firefox packages 
were placed in testing first.  Similarly, the security errata released 
as a part of the upstream 6.3 release went into testing before being 
merged into the main SL trees.

I hope this has been helpful.

Pat

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Pat Riehecky
Scientific Linux Developer