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[Julian Edwards <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 28 September 2010 02:07:50 Robert Collins wrote:
> And at that point, if we have a security issue we have to deploy asap;
> we'd do the following:
>  - cowboy it out there [and keep it as a cowboy on future deploys]
>  - land a regular branch fixing it for good
>  - remove the cowboy when the regular branch has been incorporated
> into the main deployed codebase.

We do have some security issues where we don't work on them "ASAP".  I'd 
imagine in this scenario we'd be still using a private (unlanded) branch and 
get it eventually cowboyed before landing?