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On 10/04/2017 02:52 PM, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
On 10/4/2017 1:36 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:On Okt 04 2017, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org> wrote:0. Must not break ABI on that branchWe must not break the ABI on any branch. What you probably mean is that we must not extend the ABI on the release branch.and no new symversI'd expect this to be both backward (like usual) but also forward compatibleas a goal. now if a CVE requires a new symver, I'm sure that will trump that rule
No, if a new symbol version is required, we cannot backport the fix. We need to leave it unfixed or come up with a different fix.
Thanks, Florian
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