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From: "Wulf C. Krueger" <wk@×××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Please stop useless removals
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:36:31
Message-Id: 510BC4D8.7050908@mailstation.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Please stop useless removals by Rich Freeman
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4 On 01.02.2013 14:26, Rich Freeman wrote:
5 > As long as it builds on 80%+ of systems and has no serious issues
6 > (security in particular) there is no reason to remove a package.
7
8 And how will you get to know about current or future security issues if
9 nobody (in Gentoo) cares about the package?
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11 > Remove things when they cause problems, not before.
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13 You mean, not before your users' systems have been compromised and they
14 complain loudly about it?
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16 Best regards, Wulf
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Please stop useless removals Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
[gentoo-dev] Re: Please stop useless removals Michael Palimaka <kensington@g.o>