On Monday 14 January 2008 07:13:01 am Riku Voipio wrote: > It's not only lack of 64bit that makes xview a problem. If security > issues withing xview are found, it is unlikely that they get fixed > in a timely manner.
Sometimes I wish there were a security warning system in dpkg. Say, a user loads up Synaptic (or Adept, depending), and when they try to install a dangerous package -- maybe a server that opens ports by default -- they get a textual warning summarizing the problems, and pointing them to more information (/usr/share/doc/pkg_name/SECURITY, perhaps?). It seems to me that removing old packages just because they are old misses an important point: There are people who use them. Perhaps warning them that the packages are ancient and may be dangerous to their health is a good thing. Removing xview or similar small, insignificant (to debian, not to the users necessarily), and old packages doesn't seem like it'd do much good. It would, however, annoy the users who DO still use them. -- Sincerely, Jack Mudge [EMAIL PROTECTED] My GPG Public Key can be found at: https://www.theanythingbox.com/pgp.htm Signatures are appreciated, email them to me.
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