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On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:22:48 +0100 "Kevin F. Quinn" |
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<kevquinn@g.o> wrote: |
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| Do you object to such packages (specifically with security issues) |
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| being p.masked? |
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If it's forcing a downgrade, yes. |
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| I'm not sure we should be encouraging people to continue using |
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| packages when we know there are known security issues. |
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You assume that being affected by a local denial of service on a system |
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where all users have the root password is more important than using a |
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package that has been verified to work by an arch team member. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org |
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Web : http://ciaranm.org/ |
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Paludis, the secure package manager : http://paludis.pioto.org/ |
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