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You have knowledge about missed +</I>>>>><i> phpBB security issues that affect our forum, please report them and link to +</I>>>>><i> the relevant phpBB bug fixes or attach the relevant changelogs. +</I>>>><i> Anyhow I will see what I can do. +</I>>><i> Just to give you an idea: there are around 150 bug fixes between the +</I>>><i> version used by Mageia and the latest stable version, not counting +</I>>><i> feature enhancements, new features, tasks nor subtasks:: +</I>>><i> <A HREF="http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3">http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3</A> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I'm searching for a list of security related fixes but I think bug +</I>>><i> fixes are already a good motivation to upgrade. +</I>><i> Ok, I checked. Last security related fix was before 3.0.8 - seeing the +</I>><i> sheer number of bug fixes and the general recommendation of the phpbb +</I>><i> team to update because of security built an "update-friendly" habit +</I>><i> here. But all the more than 150 bug fixes are just that: bug fixes. +</I>><i> So, to say it in a provoking way: no need for updates = case closed. +</I>><i> +</I>Wel, it helps if people file a bug report when they suffer from those +"normal" bugs. We don't vote for bugs in our bugzilla, but the more +users report a bug, the more chance it gets fixed. + +But even then nothing is guaranteed, because the people who fix bugs , +push upgrades, etc. here are human beings, with limited time, +capabilities, and so on, even security fixes sometimes don't get done +fast, in spite of everyone doing his best. + +We have a bug report (#40) about an upgrade that would fix several bugs, +including several security fixes, some of the last were already +mentioned in the report in august last year by the upstream maintainer. + +Having the report there helps as a reminder and I'm sure upgrading will +be done, but the report also shows that it is good to have limited +expectations about how fast we are. + +Thanks a lot, wobo, for telling that there are no security issues in our +forum :) + +Cheers, +Marja +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="004328.html">[Mageia-sysadm] [forums-discuss] Re: updating sysadmin privileges in forum config +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="004330.html">[Mageia-sysadm] [forums-discuss] Re: updating sysadmin privileges in forum config +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#4329">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#4329">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#4329">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#4329">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-sysadm">More information about the Mageia-sysadm +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |