commit: 3711d79f9b1928110fe3a2229db3cebebf44e887 Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu Feb 12 05:13:37 2026 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Thu Feb 12 05:13:59 2026 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=3711d79f
general-concepts/security: hopefully explain bug summary rule in a better way Thanks-to: Michael Orlitzky <mjo <AT> gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> general-concepts/security/text.xml | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/general-concepts/security/text.xml b/general-concepts/security/text.xml index 43dbc62..1808a11 100644 --- a/general-concepts/security/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/security/text.xml @@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ whiteboard</uri> is appreciated but not required for the package maintainer. </p> <p> -For such bug reports, the bug summary should reflect the first fixed -version in the Gentoo repository, not the first fixed version released -by upstream. This means unpackaged versions should not be in the title. +In other contexts the affected package name and version would be included +in the summary of a bug, but please be aware that these security bugs do +not follow that convention. For security bugs: if a fixed version is +already available in the Gentoo repository, include that fixed version +number in the bug summary; otherwise, do not include any version numbers +at all. </p> </body>
