full-disclosure - Re: [Security Tool - Video] INSECT Pro 2.6.1 available

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:44:21 -0400
From: Steven Pinkham <steve.pinkham@...il.com>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Security Tool - Video] INSECT Pro 2.6.1
	available

Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:17:58 -0300, root said:
>> Dude you just released INSECT Pro 2.7 less than a week ago. I swear to
>> god I'm being serious.
> 
> It's not unusual for commercial products with customers that demand product
> stability to release version 3.5 or whatever, then release 3.6, and after that
> release 3.5.1, 3.5.2, yadda yadda with just bugfixes so sites can get patched
> without having to make the 3.5->3.6 jump.

Yes.  But they don't spam full-disclosure with that info every week.
Rapid releases can be good, but the list charter says:

"Gratuitous advertisement, product placement, or self-promotion is
forbidden."

Announcing every point release of a commercial product falls afoul of
that.
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