Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices | | From | Martin Schlemmer <> | | Date | Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:28:56 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 15:41, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > > > On Iau, 2004-08-19 at 17:07, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > Cdrtools is is code freeze state. This is why I say the best idea is to remove > > > this interface change from the current Linux kernel and wait until there will > > > be new cdrtools alpha for 2.02 releases. These alpha could get support for uid > > > switching. If Linux then would again switch the changes on, it makes sense. > > > > While Sun did spend a year refusing to fix security holes I found - for > > "compatibility reasons" - long ago back when I was a sysadmin at NTL, > > the Linux world does not work that way. > > Unless you tell us what kind of "security holes" you found _and_ when this has > been, it looks like a meaningless remark. >
But this is the same kind of remarks you make - statements without proof (the ones you also did not explain, and explicitly refuse to explain or give a pointer to) - so I assume we should also consider them as meaningless ?
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