Re: [Xen-devel] Coverity + XenProject + Process?

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 09:30 -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 03:13:41PM -0700, Matt Wilson wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:26:38AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2013-08-30 at 11:00 -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > > Hey
> > > > 
> > > > We have a static analyzer setup for Xen called Coverity. It allows
> > > > the code to be inspected for bugs and such.
> > > > 
> > > > Originally I setup this so that we could make sure that there are no
> > > > bugs that cause security issues - and as such invited only folks
> > > > on the security Xen mailing list.
> > > > 
> > > > But there are other folks who I am sure would like to contribute
> > > > and as Coverity is pretty amazing at analyzing issues and providing
> > > > a good idea of how to fix it - was wondering what should be the
> > > > procedure for involving volunteers for that?
> > > 
> > > This conversation and the decision is on going to take a while.
> > > 
> > > In the meantime we (security@ or xen-devel@) have received offers of
> > > help from Matthew Daley, Andrew Cooper and Steven Maresca. All three are
> > > well known to us and IMHO trustworthy. Matthew and Andrew have been
> > > involved in both disclosing and helping to resolve multiple security
> > > issues in the past. I don't think Steven has been involved in security
> > > disclosure stuff (apologies Steven if I've forgotten) but has none the
> > > less been active in Xen and with various security related aspects of the
> > > project.
> > > 
> > > Given that I would like to propose that we give all three of them access
> > > while the policy conversation is on going.
> > > 
> > > Any objections? If so then please raise them by the end of business this
> > > Sunday (8 September).
> > 
> > +1
> 
> No objections either. +1 for all three!

You said this on Friday too, get some sleep dude ;-)

Anyway, no objections and the deadline has passed. So I think you can
give the three of them access. (I haven't looked but I don't think I'm
capable?)

Ian.


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