Re: CVS 1.11.5 Released <strong>(Security Update)</strong>

Paul Edwards writes:
> 
> Can you tell me whether these bugs are generally being introduced
> by enhancements, or whether they are long-standing bugs, recently
> uncovered?

What do you mean by "these" bugs?  This particular bug seems to have
existed since at least 1997.

> I was wondering if rather than every release replacing one set
> of bugs with another set of bugs, we could have a particular
> version (maybe starting with 1.11.5), which will be continually
> updated, with bug fixes only, even when version 1.14.17 has
> just been released.

In case you haven't noticed, the vast majority of the changes to CVS in
the last few years have been bug fixes.  I can't think of any major new
features that have been added, just a few small ones.

-Larry Jones

I just can't identify with that kind of work ethic. -- Calvin