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[Robert Collins <robert.collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Julian Edwards
<julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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?

If its so low priority that we don't work on it ASAP we could just
land a regular branch- not labelled 'zomg fix security hole xxx'
though :).

Or yes, private branch, cowboy and land.

-Rob