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On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 22:34:32 +0000 |
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Stephen Bennett <spb@g.o> wrote: |
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> If any of you were thinking of removing the latest stable version of a |
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> package, don't. Even if you're the package maintainer, even if there |
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> are open security bugs against it, even if someone has filed you a bug |
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> requesting that it be removed. If it's the latest stable version on |
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> any architecture, you don't remove it. If you do, we'll know, and we |
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> won't be happy. |
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> There. It's not that hard to understand, is it? |
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Do you object to such packages (specifically with security issues) being |
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p.masked? |
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I'm not sure we should be encouraging people to continue using packages |
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when we know there are known security issues. |
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Kevin F. Quinn |
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