The 3.8 kernel is out [LWN.net]

The 3.8 kernel is out

Posted Feb 20, 2013 1:22 UTC (Wed) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359)
In reply to: The 3.8 kernel is out by PaXTeam
Parent article: The 3.8 kernel is out

> so 'security' isn't a well defined term but 'bug' is?

Good call. "bug" certainly isn't a well defined term. The distinction between "bug" and "feature" is that that later is documented. Or wanted. By someone. Hopefully.

One person's bug is another person's fascinating invertebrate.

Just like one person's security is another person's inconvenience.

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The 3.8 kernel is out

Posted Feb 20, 2013 2:14 UTC (Wed) by PaXTeam (guest, #24616) [Link] (4 responses)

> The distinction between "bug" and "feature" is that that later is documented.

if it was that simple... ;). the classification of some 'things' changes over time in both directions, regardless of documentation (and then to add insult to injury, there're documented bugs ;).

The 3.8 kernel is out

Posted Feb 20, 2013 10:06 UTC (Wed) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link] (2 responses)

And let's not forget bugs in documentation itself...

The 3.8 kernel is out

Posted Feb 20, 2013 13:08 UTC (Wed) by nye (guest, #51576) [Link] (1 responses)

I'm a fan of the maxim that if the code and documentation disagree, then they are both wrong.

The 3.8 kernel is out

Posted Feb 21, 2013 13:29 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Likewise, having worked in places where I was explicitly instructed that if they disagreed, they were both right (yes, really: they contradicted each other, and disobeying the docs would cost money, so *obviously* we had to obey the docs: but changing the existing not-as-documented behaviour was out of the question! sigh.)

The 3.8 kernel is out

Posted Feb 20, 2013 13:17 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

You've forgotten fleas ("man mutt" for those too young to remember...)

Cheers,
Wol