On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 11:23 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 12:26:15AM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > > is there a policy on whether an executable is permitted to update itself? i > > personally believe that in order to maintain the security of the system, apt > > and apt alone should be used to install software updates. recently i > > submitted a bug on azureus about how it should not urge users to install > > updates outside of apt (http://bugs.debian.org/405997), which was quickly > > closed by the maintainer. > > jftr, the bug was not closed, but tagged wontfix.
It was definitely closed: From: "Shaun Jackman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The maintainer's attempt to tag it wontfix doesn't appear to have succeeded, most likely due to forgetting to CC control@ Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]