Re: BIND Operational Notification: Enabling the new BIND option "stale-answer-client-timeout" can result in unexpected server termination

[Hanno Böck <hanno () hboeck de>]

On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 20:09:47 -0900
ISC Security Officer <security-officer () isc org> wrote:

> 2)  If you already have packages based on 9.16.12, we expect to have
> a patch ready well before the next maintenance release.  A candidate
> patch is under review now and can be delivered after review and
> quality assurance testing.  If you wish to receive updates on the
> progress of this patch, please e-mail your request to
> security-officer () isc org

I am confused by your actions here.

You warn people about a messed up release (can happen, no problem), you
say you have a preliminary patch, but you make it extra complicated to
get that patch? Why not just post the patch?

Also I read into your words that you don't plan to publish a quick
followup release, which would be the right thing to do ("we expect to
have a patch ready well before the next maintenance release" - I read
that as you don't plan to make a new maintenance release as soon as
the patch is ready, which would be the right thing to do).


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