From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CB6138A1A for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 11:50:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 34C36E0887; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 11:49:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E899E0878 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 11:49:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FEB62EA3B8 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 06:49:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id FeZ3czAvj9HL for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 06:49:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from ca.inter.net (host-23-251-184-87.dyn.295.ca [23.251.184.87]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 680B32EB288 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 06:49:56 -0500 (EST) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 07 Jan 2015 06:49:56 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 06:49:56 -0500 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] qa last rites -- long list Message-ID: <20150107114956.GA1034@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20150106222442.GA3513@linux1> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150106222442.GA3513@linux1> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-Archives-Salt: 23f4db7c-6410-4403-8f43-a0df5792916f X-Archives-Hash: 822f75cf459beac151856582dba937ea 150106 William Hubbs wrote: > Many packages have been masked in the tree for months - years > with no signs of fixes. I am particularly concerned > about packages with known security vulnerabilities > staying in the main tree masked. If people want to keep those packages, > I don't want to stop them, but packages like this should be in an overlay, > not the main tree. -- snip -- > # Tavis Ormandy (21 Mar 2006) > # masked pending unresolved security issues #125902 > games-roguelike/nethack -- snip -- This one is perfectly safe on a single-user system : please leave it there. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca