Hi One thing to consider when implementing a delay. You typically reserve the DLA some time before making the update so the time you select will most likely be wrong. Based on this I tend to agree with Holger that any time you select will not be suitable. :-)
But sure some delay may be ok. // Ola On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 00:08, Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org> wrote: > hi Sylvain, > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:45:03PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote: > > > - DLA 2332-1 (reserved by Sylvain Beucler) > > I just uploaded it, I am waiting for the ftp confirmation mail, I didn't > > even send it by e-mail yet - don't harass me!! ;) > > > > More seriously, we could add a delay. > > I believe that wouldn't change anything. If the script would only > complain about DLA reservations X hours old, of course $you would send > the DLA right after my mail / after X hours + 2 minutes. > > p.s.: as an after thought re: "don't harass me" (though I get it was a > joke, but I think the joke conveyed a useful notion): maybe my > semiautomatic > mails should have a permanent disclaimer that being 'called out' by them is > nothing bad and doesn't deserve any explaination, just fixing? I've just > took > a note to do so next monday, please help me to word this disclaimer nicely. > > > Also, I remember we added the uploader name to make it easier for > > everybody to notice what needs to be fixed, but for roughly the same > > informational value it may be nicer to mention the package name instead. > > that seriously would be a good improvement! patches welcome! ;-D > > > What script is responsible for this? > > find-missing-advisories in debian-webwml.git, to be used like this: > > cd ~/Projects/security-tracker > git pull > cd ~/Projects/debian-www/webwml > git pull > ./english/security/find-missing-advisories --mode DLA --tracker > ../../security-tracker/ 2>&1 > > (while having these git repos cloned into those paths...) > > > -- > cheers, > Holger > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > holger@(debian|reproducible-builds|layer-acht).org > PGP fingerprint: B8BF 5413 7B09 D35C F026 FE9D 091A B856 069A AA1C > > "There's no glory in prevention." (Christian Drosten) > -- --- Inguza Technology AB --- MSc in Information Technology ---- | o...@inguza.com o...@debian.org | | http://inguza.com/ Mobile: +46 (0)70-332 1551 | ---------------------------------------------------------------
