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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:49:39 +0100
From: Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: MFSA 2009-63
* Reed Loden:
> What type of specific information are you looking for? Mozilla works
> with upstream Xiph.org to get such issues resolved upstream, and then
> we either take a minimal fix downstream or a full library upgrade to
> latest upstream code. Lately, we've been having to do full library
> upgrades due to the complexity of fixes and dependencies on other
> changes.
We've got a rather strict backported-security-fixes-only policy
because we've got a very interdependent code base, so we usually can't
switch upstream versions for libraries because most developers have a
rather lax attitude towards ABI compatibility (and even if they don't,
we're usually trailing behind a major version or two 8-/).
Florian
(Debian)
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