Re: a question about BTS severities
Herbert Xu wrote:
> Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> wrote:
> >
> > Similarly, I don't think a bug is grave if it makes a package unusable by
> > just one person in an odd sitution. On the other hand, I think all security
> > and data loss bugs are grave, even if only a few people can trigger them.
>
> I disagree. If a package causes a remote root exploit to be available, even
> if it's only in a very specific configuration, I would say that it is critical.
No, it's grave. All security bugs are grave, it's part of the definition of
that priority. And later in my message, I said:
Similarly, I don't think a bug is grave if it makes a package unusable by
just one person in an odd sitution. On the other hand, I think all security
and data loss bugs are grave, even if only a few people can trigger them.
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