Fwd: FYI: Remote DOS in Pidgin 2.2.0 over MSN

Richard Laager rlaager at wiktel.com
Fri Sep 28 10:19:52 EDT 2007


On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 07:17 -0400, Stu Tomlinson wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 01:10 -0400, Sean Egan wrote:
> > On 9/27/07, Luke Schierer <lschiere at pidgin.im> wrote:
> > > > I think you mean 2.2.1, and the MSN code is nowhere near release-worthy.
> > > > I suggest, if we're going to release for this, we create a branch from
> > > > 2.2.0 for 2.2.1 and include this fix and other known good fixes (such as
> > > > the multiple memory leaks) in that (we can probably do this without
> > > > adding new strings).
> > 
> > This sounds like the right thing to do. I'm out of town for a wedding
> > and can't be much help for a while. Stu and Luke, do you think you
> > could get all the known good fixes to 2.2.1 branch and release it
> > ASAP?
> 
> I'll just magic some free time from somewhere... 
> 
> Here's my current suggested list of revisions to include (2.2.0 set new
> records in leakiness!):
> 
> http://nosnilmot.com/pidgin/2.2.1/

Are you or is anyone else actively working on merging these into a
branch? If not, I can do that today.

If I'm going to do it, what should I call the branch and what should I
do about pushing it (in terms of avoiding disclosure)?

Richard
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