[Pkg-puppet-devel] SECURITY: Authorization vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x

Nigel Kersten nigel at explanatorygap.net
Thu Dec 2 21:02:16 UTC 2010


On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen <ssm at debian.org> wrote:
> Nigel Kersten <nigel at explanatorygap.net> writes:
>
>> Yes. I'm going to merge that now. I've been away too long and have
>> forgotten what all our branches are for :(
>
> There are a few of them, true. :P  Here's a list
>
> Need to have
> ============
>
> * upstream - upstream
>
> * master - upstream branch + ./debian/
>
> * squeeze-2.6.2 - the branch used for packaging puppet 2.6.2 to debian
>  squeeze.  Should probably be renamed to "squeeze".
>
> * maverick, natty - the branches used for the ubuntu
>
> Nice to have
> ============
>
> * pristine-tar - used for storing the release tarballs in some strange
>  way.  Nice-to-have, and not need-to-have.
>
> Not in use
> ==========
>
> * upstream-patches - should probably have been used for patches
>  backported from upstream, and pushed to master.  Not in use, I think.
>
> * squeeze, squeeze-2.6.1 - the previous squeeze branches for 2.6.1 and
>  2.6.0 (?), not in use, and you can safely ignore them, and remove from
>  your local repo.
>
>  The reason for the versioned squeeze branches was the freeze, and was
>  used for packaging different versions we might not have been able to
>  push to testing.
>
> * experimental - used for trying out the new packaging scheme.  Not in
>  use.
>
> * master0.24x - old master branch ?

I remember this one, it was my fault :) We ended up in some situation
where we had to recreate "master", I think the shift to 0.25.x ? and
so I left a backup around.

I think we can trash it now. It's been a while.

>
> * refactor - used for trying out a packaging scheme.
>
> Unsure
> ======
>
> * build - no clue what this is for.  Possibly before git-buildpackage
>
> * debian - no clue what this is for.  Possibly before git-buildpackage

I'm pretty sure you're right here. They're legacy before the glory
that is git-buildpackage.

>
> --
> Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
>                      ooo, shiny!
>
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