[PATCH] doc: relax requirement on commit messages of security fixes

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Jul 6 01:07:02 CEST 2023


On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:37:40 +0200
Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com> wrote:

> Indeed!
> 
> On 3/31/23 12:34, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > We missed this patch, there was no comment.
> > Please review.
> > 
> > 10/03/2022 18:59, luca.boccassi at gmail.com:  
> >> From: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
> >>
> >> Allow more flexibility with embargo lifting by not requiring
> >> mentions of CVEs in commit messages if the lift date allows
> >> it.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
> >> ---
> >> -The CVE id and the bug id must be referenced in the patch.
> >> +The CVE id and the bug id must be referenced in the patch if there is no
> >> +embargo, or if there is an embargo, but it will be lifted when the release
> >> +including the patch is published. If the embargo is going to be lifted after the
> >> +release, then the CVE and bug ids must be omitted from the commit message.  
> > 
> >   
> 
> Reviewed-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>


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