>> I can't speak for everyone but THANK YOU Vincent, florin and
>> everybody in the mandrakesoft security team for your hard work.
>
> Errr.. well, Florin is a developer for SNF/MNF and he works very hard
> on that and does a fantastic job, but I'm the only Mandrake developer
> who does updates... the "secteam" consists of myself and a few
> volunteers, of whom I am extremely grateful for having, as they do an
> exceptional job of helping me out.

Wow ! For a secteam of only one person you do a tremendous job.

Would more volunteers help you out? I would be ready to help.

> There is, however, only one person doing security updates, so when
> these crazy ideas that involve us supporting every distrib we've ever
> put out come up, please keep in mind you're asking one man and a small
> group of volunteers (who do testing only, no building or patching) to
> do it.

I personally think that at one point support for a distro have to stop.
It's just logic...

I guess mandrakesoft are not the only one doing so:
"Beginning with the 8.0 release, Blue Bat will provide errata maintenance
for at least 12 months from the date of initial release."

Crazy idea ahead:
What about volunteers that are building and patching and you just check to
make sure. It sound insecure but would that be an option for "not so
urgent updates" ? Maybe that could help you.

Thanks,

Jean-Pierre Denis
jp at msfree dot ca

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