WARNING: malicious code

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 07/07/2014 09:35 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote:

> Just as a quick aside, I'd like to note that what you've all just
> witnessed is a perfect example of Open Source working exactly as it
> should. A mistake was made and another eagle-eyed contributor spotted
> it immediately.

Right, but you can easily turn this into the opposite:
It demonstrates how lack of reviews and lack of carefulness rsp. 
self-overestimation allows individuals to compromise code.

> Pat yourselves on the back, folks. The Open Source Way is working :)
Or .. we were lucky, this bug was serious enough to be found ;)

Ralf