On Wed, 07 Mar 2018 13:46:24 -0800 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > I think we need to soften the language a bit. It might scare folks > off, especially the: > > We prefer to fully disclose the bug as soon as possible. > > which is not really the case. Linus says: > > It's not full disclosure, it's not coordinated disclosure, > and it's not "no disclosure". It's more like just "timely > open fixes". > > I changed a bit of the wording in here, but mostly to remove the word > "disclosure" since it seems to mean very specific things to people > that we do not mean here. > If you want to be taken seriously then I think minimum you also need to - Give a GPG key for messages to the list - State what security is in place (encryption etc) to protect the list itself There are probably a lot more things people would ask but given the policy now clear that it's basically just an 'early tip off'/'make sure Linus doesn't miss this' list for very short notification periods doesn't matter so much. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
