Security release needed

[J. Paul Reed]

On 03 Jan 2005 at 19:08:36, Gervase Markham arranged the bits on my disk to say:

> David Miller wrote:
> >Gervase Markham wrote:
> >
> >>2.16.8 is ready to go - there are two security patches to check in.
> >>2.18.0 has the blocker list we all know about. See Jake's weblog.
> >>2.19.2 could go at any time, really - it's just a development release.
> >
> >There will be no 2.19.2.  We're releasing 2.20rc1 concurrently with 2.18 
> >final, at which point we branch.
> 
> In an ideal world, we would definitely do that. However, given that the 
> bug in question is public knowledge, we need to get a security release 
> out ASAP, as in "today or tomorrow". 

You *JUST* said "2.19.2 could go at any time, really - it's just a
development release."

And now, it has to go out "today or tomorrow?"

Which is it?

And if it is "just a development release," why does it have to go out
"today or tomorrow?"

Later,
Paul
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