Comments on: WordPress 2.0.7 Fixes the FeedBurner Bug http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/wordpress-207-fixes-the-feedburner-bug/ Connecting Ideas Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:02:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Computer Guru http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/wordpress-207-fixes-the-feedburner-bug/#comment-11540 Computer Guru Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:20:15 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/327#comment-11540 <p>I've fixed the Automattic thing, it was a typo in 2 places, of which I forgot to fix one of them. </p> <p>...You didn't let me finish my sentence: </p> <p>“Originally, the WordPress team had refused to patch the WordPress 2.0.6 <a href="317">FeedBurner Bug</a> on the premise that it was too soon to release another version of WordPress<strong> for a minor bug</strong>.” </p> <p>Naturally, as you said, a security vulnerability isn't such a bug, and deserves as many releases as it takes to get it right.  </p> I’ve fixed the Automattic thing, it was a typo in 2 places, of which I forgot to fix one of them.

…You didn’t let me finish my sentence:

“Originally, the WordPress team had refused to patch the WordPress 2.0.6 FeedBurner Bug on the premise that it was too soon to release another version of WordPress for a minor bug.”

Naturally, as you said, a security vulnerability isn’t such a bug, and deserves as many releases as it takes to get it right. 

]]> By: Matt http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/wordpress-207-fixes-the-feedburner-bug/#comment-11539 Matt Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:17:38 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/327#comment-11539 "Automattic has released a new version of WordPress" Automattic doesn't release WordPress! It's completely separate people, time, servers, organizations, etc. This release was entirely coordinated by the great work of Mark Jaquith, who is not an Automattic employee, and included patches from half a dozen people also not employees. "Originally, the WordPress team had refused to patch the WordPress 2.0.6 <a href="317">FeedBurner Bug</a> on the premise that it was too soon to release another version of WordPress." It was, but the security problem necessitated a prompter response and a very minor patch release seemed appropriate. “Automattic has released a new version of WordPress”

Automattic doesn’t release WordPress! It’s completely separate people, time, servers, organizations, etc. This release was entirely coordinated by the great work of Mark Jaquith, who is not an Automattic employee, and included patches from half a dozen people also not employees.

“Originally, the WordPress team had refused to patch the WordPress 2.0.6 FeedBurner Bug on the premise that it was too soon to release another version of WordPress.”

It was, but the security problem necessitated a prompter response and a very minor patch release seemed appropriate.

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