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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: Why lastrite when it works? (Was: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due to retirement)
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:10:25
Message-Id: ebd84d4c-eb8b-58a8-0e74-fffbb57e56ed@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: Why lastrite when it works? (Was: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due to retirement) by Michael Mol
1 On 01/03/2017 03:57 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
2 > For security's sake, even mature software needs, at minimum, routine auditing.
3 > Unless someone's doing that work, the package should be considered for
4 > removal. (Call that reason # π, in honor of TeX.)
5
6 A distinction here likely needs to be made between actively maintained
7 upstream and actively Gentoo maintained as well. Actively maintained
8 upstream might not be an issue for a feature complete package, but if it
9 lacks a Gentoo-maintainer in addition it is worrying.
10
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12 Kristian Fiskerstrand
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