[Mageia-dev] Security Update Process

Mon May 16 16:57:25 CEST 2011

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 15:45, Stew Benedict <stewbintn at gmail.com> wrote:
+> OK,
+>
+> Mageia 1 is approaching quickly and we need to get our process in place
+> for security updates. We talked a bit about it a few weeks ago, and I
+> started a wiki page, but it needs more detail. Anne and I chatted on IRC
+> and it looks like we'll want to cutoff the "on the iso " updates at the
+> end of this week, so we need a process in place to release post-iso updates.
+>
+> ref: http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=security
+>
+> As I see it, initially we need, in no particular order:
+>
+> 1) a means to build updates for the release (iurt setup for mga1?)
+
+A iurt setup for mga1 will exist anyway, what is missing is a way to
+later upload to non public place.
+Initially, we can just setup youri to restrict submitting a build to
+updates_testing or updates to the secteam and it should be enough.
+
+> 2) a means to publish updates (mail list, web page)
+> 3) a means to manage/track the updates (bugzilla?)
+> 4) work out/publish the process so we all know how it works
+>
+> And then of course we need people to be aware of vulnerabilities as they
+> are exposed. For now, we'll have be be slightly trailing until we can
+> show a history of releasing updates and hopefully gain access to the
+> closed list to get access to embargoed issues. Once that happens we will
+> possibly need additional infrastructure changes to keep the work
+> non-public before the embargo date.
+>
+> osvdb has a nice email aggregator that sends all the distro update
+> announcements, and the oss-security list has many of the CVE requests.
+> Unfortunately, my personal time hasn't allowed much more than a quick
+> read as they go by :/ I know many of you have been doing security
+> related bug reports and updates, which is great, thank-you. If anyone
+> wants to take a larger role in managing the process I'm more than happy
+> to let that happen. While I have experience, the time I'm able to commit
+> is less than helpful.
+>
+> Comments, volunteers?
+