[sudo-users] sudo 1.7.8p1 stable release

[Todd C. Miller]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:13:07 +0530, Rakesh Rajasekharan wrote:

> I have a question... the sudo 1.7.8p1 was released on Oct 25, I would like
> to know if this can be considered as a stable release.
> I understand that the current stable release is 1.8.3p1, but I was facing
> some issue with this on AIX. So, would like to go for the 1.7.8p1 release,
> if someone can confirm this as stable.

The sudo 1.7.x branch is in maintenance mode so it only receives
bug fixes, but it is stable.  At some poine the 1.7.x branch will
be retired but for now I generally make a 1.7.x release along with
each 1.8.x release.

 - todd