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Re: GNU Parallel Bug Reports Security Updates
From: |
Postmann Michael RBS sIT |
Subject: |
Re: GNU Parallel Bug Reports Security Updates |
Date: |
Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:47:10 +0000 |
Ole Tange wrote:
> GNU Parallel can be installed as a normal user simply by copying the
> perl script. It requires no extra privileges to run. Thus I have yet
> to see a bug that had any security implications. If that should ever
> happen (which I simply cannot imagine how) I promise to stress that in
> the release notes.
That statement is enough for me ;-).
> Currently there is no funding for maintaining two separate branches:
> "bug fix" and "new features". So bug fixes go into the newest version,
> which also has new features that may be buggy.
Well, that doesn't matter for me. It was mainly for the security bugs.
Thx!
Cheers
nomike