- 2008.08.30 02:08 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Tom Lane
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2008.08.31 15:17 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Frank Warmerdam
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2008.08.31 15:38 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2008.08.31 21:09 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Rogier Wolff
- 2008.08.31 21:21 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Olaf_Drümmer
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2008.08.31 21:51 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Bob Friesenhahn
- 2008.08.31 22:08 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Lee Howard
- 2008.08.31 21:52 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Toby Thain
- 2008.09.01 15:40 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2008.08.31 21:59 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Lee Howard
- 2008.08.31 22:17 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2008.09.01 03:12 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Frank Warmerdam
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2008.09.01 15:52 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Lee Howard
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2008.09.01 21:33 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Frank Warmerdam
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2008.09.03 16:38 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Lee Howard
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2008.09.03 17:07 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2008.09.03 17:20 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Lee Howard
- 2008.09.03 18:02 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2008.09.03 19:32 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Ron
- 2008.09.03 21:39 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Lee Howard
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2008.09.03 17:20 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Lee Howard
- 2008.09.03 17:16 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Frank Warmerdam
- 2008.09.04 07:45 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Andrey Kiselev
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2008.09.03 17:07 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2008.09.03 16:38 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Lee Howard
- 2008.09.01 22:30 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Dmitry V. Levin
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2008.09.01 21:33 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Frank Warmerdam
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2008.09.01 15:52 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Lee Howard
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2008.09.01 05:11 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Tom Lane
- 2008.09.01 15:30 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Frank Warmerdam
- 2008.09.01 15:33 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Bob Friesenhahn
- 2008.09.01 16:23 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Ron
- 2008.09.01 22:04 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Dmitry V. Levin
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2008.08.31 21:09 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Rogier Wolff
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2008.08.31 15:38 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2008.09.03 08:03 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Andrey Kiselev
- 2008.09.04 20:48 "Re: [Tiff] beta2 release - lfind() problem on Win64", by Edward Lam
- 2008.09.03 21:01 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Lee Howard
- 2008.09.03 21:59 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Even Rouault
2008.09.03 18:02 "Re: [Tiff] Some security fixes from RHEL", by Bob Friesenhahn
If Debian and others will refuse to distribute it in their stable (read: "stale") releases then that is their decision, and they're welcome to patch away at a previous release. Meanwhile, I think that we have an obligation to the rest of the libtiff-using community to cut code releases as development occurs.
Debian is pretty important since it seems that 46 other Linux distributions (including the super-popular Ubuntu) depend on it for their packages, and there are non-Linux distributions depending on it as well. See "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions".
It may be that some distributions are based on "experimental", "testing", or "unstable" versions of Debian which are more likely to pick up changes.
>From recent experience, I am finding that minor API/ABI changes will surely delay broad use of a release by 6 to 12 months or more whereas otherwise it could appear in just a week.
Debian should be viewed like as "canary" (as used by miners) for package releases.
If we can make Debian (and Gentoo, Fedora, FreeBSD) happy by reshuffling a few lines of code, then we should do so.
Bob
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