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Re: NEWS for 6.7: mention coverity bug fixes
> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:03:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: msnyder@sonic.net
> Cc: msnyder@sonic.net, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>
> >> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:12:43 -0700 (PDT)
> >> From: msnyder@sonic.net
> >>
> >> Can we include this in 6.7 please?
> >
> > Yes, but...
> >
> >> + * 58 Coverity issues resolved in gdb, 29 in bfd, 1 in libiberty, and
> >> + 1 in opcodes. These include such things as resource leaks, null
> >> pointer
> >> + dereference, use after free, and array overruns.
> >
> > Are we sure the reader will know what is Coverity, and what does the
> > above mean to her/him?
>
> I'm open to suggestions. We could include their URL, for instance...
Yes, and a sentence about what it is.
Or maybe omit the name altogether, and just say that more than 80
issues with resource leaks etc. were resolved.