On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:57:22 +0400
Sergey Popov <pinkb...@gentoo.org> wrote:

> 20.08.2013 23:42, Tom Wijsman пишет:
> > On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:29:09 -0400
> > Wyatt Epp <wyatt....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> What manner of bitrot?
> > 
> > They might ...
> > 
> > 2. ... contain security bugs that later versions have fixed. 
> 
> There should be security bug on our bugzilla with quick stabilization
> on it and(probably) GLSA.

Not all security bugs are visible; the older a piece of software, the
higher the chance that some people know about one or another exploit
that the rest of the world does not know about.

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With kind regards,

Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
Gentoo Developer

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