On 18.07.23 17:37, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jul 2023 12:31:02 +0200 Linux regression tracking (Thorsten > Leemhuis) wrote: >> Maintainers must ensure severe problems in their code reported to them BTW: I wonder if "reported to them" should be removed. Or maybe it should be "they become aware of" instead, as they might be reported to of the the contributors to the subsystem the maintainer handles. Not sure. Currently I think removing might be better. Judge yourself. >> are resolved in a timely manner: security vulnerabilities, regressions, >> compilation errors, data loss, kernel crashes, and bugs of similar scope. > > SG, thanks for the suggestion! +1 > One edit - I'd like to remove "security vulnerabilities" from the list. > Security implications are an axis on which bug can be evaluated, one of > many. All kernel bugs have some security implications. Placing them as > a category like crashes, lockups or compiler errors could deepen the > confusion. I don't really care, but that could be avoided with something like "security vulnerabilities known to be exploitable". Cioa, Thorsten
