On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Shawn Webb <latt...@gmail.com> wrote: > As others have mentioned, you don't _have_ to patch this weekend. All > of the vulnerabilities have been [semi-]public knowledge for at least > a week. What's the harm in waiting till next week? Just pretend like > the patches came in on Tuesday. > > I, for one, am grateful that FreeBSD has provided patches. It allows > people who do have the time/ability to patch this weekend to do just > that. If you don't want to, then don't. Simple as that. > > Thanks, > > Shawn > I wish it was that simple. It is very different to be aware of a possible vulnerability from getting an official security advisory. Unfortunately sometimes, the decision to patch or not to patch, comes from people who decide based upon bureaucracy. I am certainly thankful to the FreeBSD security team for identifying and providing patches. However, when you start receiving emails about security advisories every 5 minutes, you tend to wonder when will they stop :)
Regards and happy holidays George _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
