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