Hi,
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
> From: Bodo Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> moeller> On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 09:02:45PM +0100, Ulf Moeller wrote:
> moeller>
> moeller> > Is it really a good idea to put this into the stable branch?
> moeller>
> moeller> In the later version (where locks are only held during the actual
> moeller> assignment), yes.
>
> Since there's a discussion about the pros and cons of this, I'm not
> completely sure that was a good idea. Oh well, we'll see...
Well, there is no (apparent) change in functionality, nor any change in
the sense of API or ABI compatibility. The only essential change is that a
race condition existed in establishing a key's montgomery cruft and now it
has been locked down.
I understand your reservations - I'd have them myself too in general. This
change is not a typo but fixing a problem that is a bit deeper (and harder
to reproduce, etc). However, it was an actual bug (and one spotted by a
user) - and with Bodo's change(s), it appears to have been fixed - so on
those grounds I think it should've gone into the stable branch.
Cheers,
Geoff
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