[QA] [Ops] security patches handling

[Chad Horohoe]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 12:07 PM Arlo Breault <abreault at wikimedia.org>
wrote:

>
> > On Jan 25, 2017, at 11:20 AM, Chad Horohoe <chorohoe at wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > 2) Apply them and pray they don't conflict
>
> Do you review them even if there're no line conflicts?
> The logic might no longer apply.
>
>
Nope, we (releng) don't/can't know the context for all of these patches.
It's not
our area of expertise--nor should it be. If patches shouldn't be applied
anymore,
the patch owner or the security team should remove it from the list or
reach out
to us to remove it.

-Chad
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