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Date:	Mon, 21 May 2012 16:30:39 +0200
From:	richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, lwn@....net
Subject: Re: Linux 3.2.18

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 16:18 +0200, richard -rw- weinberger wrote:
>> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> wrote:
>> > I'm announcing the release of the 3.2.18 kernel.
>> >
>> > All users of the 3.2 kernel series should upgrade.
>>
>> Should or must?
>> IOW does it contain security fixes?
>
> There are certainly bug fixes in there that look like they close
> security flaws.  But it's your choice whether and when to upgrade, and
> you'll have the same warranty (i.e. none) in any case.
>

AFAIK that's why Greg always writes "must". :-)

-- 
Thanks,
//richard
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