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| author | dann frazier <dannf@debian.org> | 2006-08-17 00:25:50 +0000 |
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| committer | dann frazier <dannf@debian.org> | 2006-08-17 00:25:50 +0000 |
| commit | 1f648ebf076cd147d77eafe1270a029bd3944269 (patch) | |
| tree | 01d97b698afef9f10b58cf863e94886d28290751 /active/00README | |
| parent | f3581ec9b2d48c6103c22fecb46f713217d834e8 (diff) | |
rename the active issues directory from 'patch-tracking' to the more accurate 'active'
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel-sec@549 e094ebfe-e918-0410-adfb-c712417f3574
Diffstat (limited to 'active/00README')
| -rw-r--r-- | active/00README | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/active/00README b/active/00README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1140cd2e --- /dev/null +++ b/active/00README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +This directory serves as a mechanism for tracking the status of issues +across multiple kernel revisions. Today it is primarily used for +security issues. Each issue is described in an rfc-822 style format. + +New issues +---------- +To start tracking a new issue, svn copy 00boilerplate to a file with +a name that concisely identifies the issue. If a CVE ID has been +assigned, use the CVE ID as the filename. Take a look at 00example +to see the valid values for each of the fields. + +Tracking new trees +------------------ +Run the sync-pkg-list tool to automatically add fields for each of +the currently maintained kernels (those listed in 00pkglist): + $ ./scripts/sync-pkg-list -p 00pkglist ia64-buggy-preempt > tmp + $ mv tmp ia64-buggy-preempt + +CVE assignments +--------------- +If a CVE is later assigned to an issue, svn mv that file to the CVD ID. |