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 8DA551387C7 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 13:48:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B7DCE06C2; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 13:48:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2BE67E06B5 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 13:48:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6482633DCC5 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 13:48:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.609 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.609 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.500, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.107, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id RvR_2A2JRsUL for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 13:48:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3515D33DCB9 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 13:47:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U1GyR-0004Jm-3D for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:48:11 +0100 Received: from ppp118-209-121-37.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net ([118.209.121.37]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:48:11 +0100 Received: from kensington by ppp118-209-121-37.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:48:11 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Michael Palimaka Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Please stop useless removals Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:47:41 +1100 Message-ID: References: <510BA4ED.9030405@flameeyes.eu> <510BB012.4010507@gentoo.org> <510BB398.1090000@flameeyes.eu> <510BB6D2.8060906@gentoo.org> <510BBAC7.10302@flameeyes.eu> <510BC4D8.7050908@mailstation.de> 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=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp118-209-121-37.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130107 Thunderbird/17.0.2 In-Reply-To: <510BC4D8.7050908@mailstation.de> X-Archives-Salt: 09cf22c8-94f1-4795-8c56-db8cf402b8cd X-Archives-Hash: 618943bab716804b97669700c3921233 On 2/02/2013 00:36, Wulf C. Krueger wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01.02.2013 14:26, Rich Freeman wrote: >> As long as it builds on 80%+ of systems and has no serious issues >> (security in particular) there is no reason to remove a package. > > And how will you get to know about current or future security issues if > nobody (in Gentoo) cares about the package? The security team routinely monitors various information sources to ensure that issues are tracked regardless of maintainer. >> Remove things when they cause problems, not before. > > You mean, not before your users' systems have been compromised and they > complain loudly about it? > > Best regards, Wulf > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlELxNgACgkQnuVXRcSi+5qP8wCghvWTuQvcFfJojX9HS8Jln6O/ > 144AnipUMY1NU8DbrtzesEbvpSHeYkPt > =awFq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >