From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: release bugs [was Re: Processed: enriched.el code execution] Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 23:42:30 +0200 Message-ID: <87wp58yiih.fsf@qcore> References: <83tw0h0yem.fsf@gnu.org> <83lglr24ck.fsf@gnu.org> <83wp5azh33.fsf@gnu.org> <87aee030-ec9e-2178-c63c-20e0bd21fa4e@cs.ucla.edu> <838thpznkv.fsf@gnu.org> <9a6bda99-98c6-9bf2-51af-dfd36e763a45@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1504907003 15919 195.159.176.226 (8 Sep 2017 21:43:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 21:43:23 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: Emacs developers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 08 23:43:18 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dqR3U-0003kT-7P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2017 23:43:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47410 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dqR3b-0003O4-Bk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2017 17:43:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44764) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dqR2u-0003Ni-PC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2017 17:42:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dqR2r-00079N-NX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2017 17:42:40 -0400 Original-Received: from relayout02.e.movistar.es ([86.109.101.202]:62869 helo=relayout02-redir.e.movistar.es) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dqR2r-00073y-G9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2017 17:42:37 -0400 Original-Received: from qcore (112.red-83-37-226.dynamicip.rima-tde.net [83.37.226.112]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: 981711563@telefonica.net) by relayout02.e.movistar.es (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3xprQJ3PSWzdZTn for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2017 23:42:31 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Fabrice Popineau's message of "Fri, 8 Sep 2017 10:20:01 +0200") X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-TnetOut-Country: IP: 83.37.226.112 | Country: ES X-TnetOut-Information: AntiSPAM and AntiVIRUS on relayout02 X-TnetOut-MsgID: 3xprQJ3PSWzdZTn.ADFFB X-TnetOut-SpamCheck: no es spam, Unknown X-TnetOut-From: ofv@wanadoo.es X-TnetOut-Watermark: 1505511752.76976@VG65KykMXnb4d8+XX6oSWw X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 86.109.101.202 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:218034 Archived-At: Fabrice Popineau writes: > Maybe I am naive, but I don't see why a bug existing in previous releases > should be blocking. We opened a secret door that can be used to cause harm to our users. It is bad enough that we did that on past releases, but it would be totally irresponsible to not fix our blunder on the next release. > If the bug exists in say emacs 25.1, blocking the release of 26.1 will not > prevent > people to be at risk because they will continue to use 25.1. This is why I'm with Paul about backporting the fix. This bug is truly abhorrent. [snip]