From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1IBsz3-0006Gk-AA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:57:29 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6KDtAB8024445; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:55:11 GMT Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.179]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6KDnf2m014340 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:49:42 GMT Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so966655wah for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:49:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=KUnbS/rMWWQL7npke1TygNoE76FQqBytNlATmLwKrFtZSIERD5nLKHV3ipa/cDiRHvZuf9c47rnUsELvZVXsMwXhO8ELagwS0K4pVxkZfHPnO58BuVhJCxqgmDhMTaHzSPafgfH3nCBm2bCF7slRzio78qvUpqnvuj6pqN1yZQ0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bb1/b6fIYqfzI6Aolfs6OzrgvlfN2yzIh/lwVQv/jeqjEoewZUYkpD2/N/R2ThbX4bBbHF9cuxLFNrYZjXH2IiL+mJbCf3Nt4sWTPfx/QSsf3yw52WPP3H3Ihp/uGHOaK0k8HQWgb99kwlA4+rf0AueFioBYCR991chFjfE8bbE= Received: by 10.114.146.1 with SMTP id t1mr502094wad.1184939379638; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:49:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.18.13 with HTTP; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:49:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:49:39 -0400 From: "Eric Polino" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: net-im/pidgin protocols In-Reply-To: <46A0A151.8090909@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <469F1C56.6070600@gentoo.org> <469F372A.9060107@gentoo.org> <469F3A9F.7030004@gentoo.org> <46A0DE7B.6030009@gentoo.org> <46A0A151.8090909@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 6b4baba0-c6b9-4e9b-bb01-cc9ed0f9b210 X-Archives-Hash: 394de55755e46d664453f11af0006bc1 On 7/20/07, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > Eric Polino wrote: > > If this is truly a problem, then I think the negative USE flags might > > be the better solution then. This would allow users the ability to > > disable potential insecure features. But really, I doubt security is > > an issue here. > > The negative (or no*) USE flags are generally considered a "bad thing". They're > "icky". I know and understand that. Though we still have to consider them as a possible solution to this problem. > -- > Andrew Gaffney http://dev.gentoo.org/~agaffney/ > Gentoo Linux Developer Catalyst/Installer + x86 release coordinator > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- http://aluink.blogspot.com -- "...indexable arrays, which may be thought of as functions whose domains are isomorphic to contiguous subsets of the integers." --Haskell 98 Library Report -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list