NetBSD Problem Report #49225

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From: mm_lists@pulsar-zone.net
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Subject: Security Advisories terminology could be enhanced
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>Number:         49225
>Category:       security
>Synopsis:       Security Advisories terminology could be enhanced
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    security-officer
>State:          closed
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Sep 20 02:30:00 +0000 2014
>Closed-Date:    Fri Feb 09 18:35:37 +0000 2018
>Last-Modified:  Fri Feb 09 18:35:37 +0000 2018
>Originator:     Matthew Mondor
>Release:        NetBSD Security Advisory 2013-010 and up :)
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
I noticed that starting with NetBSD Security Advisory 2013-010,
the prologue text has been changed with the following statement:
"Teeny versions released later than the fix date will contain the
fix".

I recommend a very simple change: replacing the term "Teeny" with
"Minor", which seems to be the appropriate terminology.

Thanks,
>How-To-Repeat:
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2013-010.txt.asc
>Fix:
s/Teeny/Minor/

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:
From: Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: security-officer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
        security-alert@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: security/49225: Security Advisories terminology could be enhanced
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 02:41:46 +0200

 On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 02:30:00AM +0000, mm_lists@pulsar-zone.net wrote:
 > I noticed that starting with NetBSD Security Advisory 2013-010,
 > the prologue text has been changed with the following statement:
 > "Teeny versions released later than the fix date will contain the
 > fix".
 > 
 > I recommend a very simple change: replacing the term "Teeny" with
 > "Minor", which seems to be the appropriate terminology.

 The shared library numbers are:

 	major.minor.teeny

 and so "minor" is already taken, and is not really appropriate for the
 security fixes.

 I think the correct Latin term is "minimus", but I don't see that
 working - not enough technical buy-in by any means.

 As another data point, libtool uses the word "revision",

 	http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/libtool.html

 but I'm not suggesting that libtool be used as an authority, merely
 providing context.

 In lieu of something better, I suggest keeping "teeny" - it's what we've
 been using for years now, and I thought was fairly well understood.

 Regards,
 Alistair

From: Matthew Mondor <mm_lists@pulsar-zone.net>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: security/49225: Security Advisories terminology could be
 enhanced
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:13:17 -0500

 On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:50:00 +0000 (UTC)
 Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org> wrote:

 >  In lieu of something better, I suggest keeping "teeny" - it's what we've
 >  been using for years now, and I thought was fairly well understood.

 I have no objection, this PR can be closed.  Thanks,

 -- 
 Matt

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: maxv@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:35:37 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Close this PR, it is fine.


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