Re: CVS commit: src

[John Hawkinson <jhawk%MIT.EDU@localhost>]

Andrew Brown <atatat%atatdot.net@localhost> wrote on Sat, 22 Feb 2003
at 00:04:47 -0500 in <20030222000446.A2577%noc.untraceable.net@localhost>:

> To: John Hawkinson <jhawk%netbsd.org@localhost>
> Cc: source-changes%netbsd.org@localhost

Anything more than a one-off should not go to source-changes.
Moved to tech-userlevel.

> >Suppress emailing the daily security report if it is empty, unless
> >send_empty_security=YES. Implements change-request PR security/17249
> >from Takahiro Kambe <taca%sky.yamashina.kyoto.jp@localhost>.
> 
> send_empty_security should default to YES to preserve existing
> behavior.  now that there's an option, individuals can set it to no of
> their own volition.

No.

The existing behavior benefits no one.
There's no advantage in continuing the empty reports.

We should move to a reasonable default that is good for everyone.
The time to make that transition is when the change is implemented.

--jhawk