On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 11:32:15AM +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > Hello people, > > As many of you are probably aware, CVE has changed the naming of their > id's: the temporary "CAN-" prefix has been dropped and an id is now > always of the form CVE-yyyy-nnnn. More information at the CVE website. > > I was wondering what to do with changelogs. I think it might make sense > to rename CAN-... numbers in old entries to CVE-..., since all entries > have been renamed and this aids to the goal: having one unique string to > find any vulnerability by. > > Are there any thoughts on changing changelogs retroactively? Might it > even be an idea to add a lintian check for 'old-style' CAN id's?
I believe that changelogs should never be changed restrospectively. -- Horms -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]