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Posted Mar 7, 2008 22:07 UTC (Fri) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug by i3839
Parent article: GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug

Are you taking the position that any article which talks about security should be automatically free for all?

By the time any distributor is carrying 4.3.x, the article will have long since become free...

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Posted Mar 7, 2008 22:39 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link]

Security updates that advise people to install replacement packages, or that contain other urgent information, would reach people via other channels.

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Posted Mar 8, 2008 13:59 UTC (Sat) by i3839 (guest, #31386) [Link]

No, I'm not. I just thought that 4.3.0 was released, and was already in use by distros, so
that the matter was more urgent than it is. 4.3.0 is the upcoming release and not yet
released, so ignore me.

To clarify, if it's an urgent case I would find it strange if there was a subscribers-only
article with background info, but not a generic article informing people about the problem.
I'm not saying LWN should notify people of every security event, nor open all security related
articles.