[Zope] RE: [Zope] Request regarding 'Hotfixes'

[marc lindahl]

> From: Dieter Maurer <dieter@handshake.de>
> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:32:43 +0200 (CEST)
> To: marc lindahl <marc@bowery.com>
> Cc: <bill@libc.org>, <zope@zope.org>
> Subject: Re: [Zope] RE: [Zope] Request regarding 'Hotfixes'
> 
> marc lindahl writes:
>> Actually, a good point is, why call security related patches hotfixes at
>> all? In fact, it seems the term HotFix might relate more to the _method_
>> than the _purpose_...
> A "hotfix" is called "hot" because ignoring it can be
> a significant risk.
> The name has nothing to do with the usual method to activate the
> fix.

That's really stretching the meaning of the word hot...