From 1f648ebf076cd147d77eafe1270a029bd3944269 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dann frazier Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:25:50 +0000 Subject: 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 --- active/00README | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 active/00README (limited to 'active/00README') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3