Remote crashes being fixed in 2.6.2

[Josh Bressers]

----- "Ethan Blanton" <elb at pidgin.im> wrote:
> Josh Bressers spake unto us the following wisdom:
> >
> > I think using 2.6.2 as an example works in this instance. The update came
> > out before the packages list knew, and none of them had CVE ids.
> 
> This is definitely confusing to me.  It seemed to me that 2.6.2 was *well*
> discussed before it occurred, the packages were just a day or two later than
> we originally intended.  Certainly there were CVEs flying around for a
> number of issues before the release (including the IRC exploit mentioned by
> warren that received a Red Hat CVE on the spot).
> 

So this may be true, but it wasn't discussed on this list (packagers, or if it
was, I somehow missed the mails). I don't follow any other pidgin lists, sadly
I don't have enough hours in the day.

My current window into the Pidgin world is mostly through warren and this
list.

-- 
    JB