On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 18:45 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:29:53 +0100 > "Wulf C. Krueger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday, 09. January 2008 19:16:24 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > > So what happens if a flaw is discovered in KDE 3.5.5 that allows > > > > root access? > > > Then the one particular part of 3.5.5 that's affected gets fixed and > > > priority keyworded. > > > > So you suggest that mips keeps doing nothing and expect others to > > work *more* in exchange for that? > > Well, most users will simply ignore or postpone the mass upgrade, so > yes. Forcing a mass upgrade is rarely if ever the correct solution to > any security issue.
This is why I find it funny that people even bother to listen to Ciaran, at all. All he cares about is his little pet projects/teams and doesn't care if it increases workload for everybody else. I mean, where would Gentoo be if not for our support of mips? Oh dear, we'd definitely be nowhere near as popular... *cough* -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering Strategic Lead Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams Games Developer
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