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- Subject: Re: Please add warning to download page if tarball isn't patched up with all latest security fixes
- From: Tim Hill <drtimhill@...>
- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:20:16 -0700
On Aug 22, 2014, at 4:22 AM, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
>> There seems to be a misunderstanding here. Patches on the bugs
>> page are not "the latest", and the recommendation to Lua users
>> is not to apply the whole lot of them indiscriminately. They have
>> not been tested rigorously. They do not all originate from
>> PUC Rio. They are more like Wiki entries.
>
> This is a misunderstanding. The patches in the bugs page originate from
> us and have been tested. However, they may not be what is incorporated
> in the next release, especially if the next release is a new version.
>
I think it would be useful to have the above paragraph on the bugs page so everyone understands this.
—Tim
- References:
- Re: Please add warning to download page if tarball isn't patched up with all latest security fixes, Jonas Thiem
- Re: Please add warning to download page if tarball isn't patched up with all latest security fixes, Dirk Laurie
- Re: Please add warning to download page if tarball isn't patched up with all latest security fixes, Jonas Thiem
- Re: Please add warning to download page if tarball isn't patched up with all latest security fixes, Dirk Laurie
- Re: Please add warning to download page if tarball isn't patched up with all latest security fixes, Jonas Thiem
- Re: Please add warning to download page if tarball isn't patched up with all latest security fixes, Dirk Laurie
- Re: Please add warning to download page if tarball isn't patched up with all latest security fixes, Jonas Thiem
- Re: Please add warning to download page if tarball isn't patched up with all latest security fixes, Dirk Laurie
- RE: Please add warning to download page if tarball isn't patched up with all latest security fixes, Thijs Schreijer
- Re: Please add warning to download page if tarball isn't patched up with all latest security fixes, Dirk Laurie
- Re: Please add warning to download page if tarball isn't patched up with all latest security fixes, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo