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 E67E2138A1A for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 13:03:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 73A21E08DA; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 13:03:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f181.google.com (mail-ie0-f181.google.com [209.85.223.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F1208E08D0 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 13:03:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f181.google.com with SMTP id rl12so3385036iec.12 for ; Wed, 07 Jan 2015 05:03:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=c5v3mltcCQdA67quTYIl8RWP1WdwGXK8MB+mnr0OpnE=; b=pxtHEfL9ECVK7CLy3pJ/eplYZWpCFzCEUFYRT93O11GGp28QSfr3EPUYInEbhYCS6K ibDFmuC10yuNG+2d6Hqv9yNyoBQFKn722XQchJVYHtbQ7NCCJ5HeDV3M8I35CqODjU08 BMGtjqnCLtAkQFtyUp1KA121EI0hHYNOLOxNP1SWXY5bzqEp3n4zxLHUrE+YDhyAvLzV 5/5QR6alT4KdGV9a0SUZWsUQld9zfIDHSg6H2woNAW72SRlB3Q3mbMBPeliLGoJWr1Vo 0o2U5Ig5mjTZmWQw6kHngIzfP2WIvkVeOxPuFh+NAnZwC7r6Iw53phIKidAwr3TtnKUI Lcow== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.112.196 with SMTP id is4mr3440521igb.10.1420635784262; Wed, 07 Jan 2015 05:03:04 -0800 (PST) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.182.133 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 05:03:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201412271334.34252.dilfridge@gentoo.org> References: <201412271334.34252.dilfridge@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 08:03:04 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ru64sPhO8DjNIrJaOe9DIuolRUI Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Council meeting 2015-01-13: call for agenda items From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: bccc137c-ca37-44a6-a3f7-dcb45a776b82 X-Archives-Hash: 38c154d6d7385b0745f9396a5a25645b On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > For proposing agenda items and discussion of these, please reply to this mail > on the gentoo-project mailing list. > I think that it is probably worth discussing what the right policy should be around allowing masked packages to remain in the tree (if they have a maintainer). This would include packages with documented security flaws in the mask message, but it could also include other kinds of flaws. If the maintainer wants to keep them around, should they be permitted to? Are there any conditions on this, or is it maintainer-preference as long as it stays masked? See: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/94200 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/94199 -- Rich