Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0003: Buffer overflow in

Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On 21 Aug 2002, Rod Taylor wrote:
> 
> > Agreed.  If patches are applied to the 7.4 branch as fast as normal,
> > then maybe 7.4 will only be 6 months out with well tested Windows, PIT,
> > etc. code that gets applied this October.
> >
> > Whats the intended branchpoint?  Beta with less than 5 patches?  3rd
> > beta start period?  Less than 100 lines changed between betas?
> 
> Actually, I believe the agreement on branchpoint for this release was
> release date ... with the normal having been a few weeks *after* release
> in previous releases ...

Actually, you proposed beta2 as the branch time for this release, and no
one objected.  I think we will have to be flexible and see how heavy the
patching is during beta, but I think the latest would be on release
date.  Our releases are very solid now, so we have very little patching
after release, and now that I and Tom are fulltime, we can handle the
load of double-patching better.

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