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From: Joshua Jackson <tsunam@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [treecleaner] Last rites: media-sound/alsaplayer
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:40:41
Message-Id: 44E8F255.6090203@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [treecleaner] Last rites: media-sound/alsaplayer by Mike Doty
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4 Mike Doty wrote:
5 > Christian Heim wrote:
6 >> The media-sound/alsaplayer package is pending removal as requested
7 >> by security@g.o for multiple buffer overflows [1], dead upstream
8 >> [1] and a crash occurring when playing uLaw/AU Audio File [2].
9 >>
10 >> The package is currently masked and is pending removal on 15th
11 >> September.
12 >>
13 >> [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143402
14 >> [2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143742
15 >>
16 > Flameeyes is afk at the moment, but I know he usually maintains this.
17 aye he does and its been discussed before. I at least talked to him
18 about it, the problem is that alsaplayer is a self contained product
19 that nothing else truly fills the shoes of. Other things are simple
20 but they depend on a lot more..etc. Its just a funky little app that
21 no one has really replaced.
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