Re: ITP: fpm -- FIGARO'S PASSWORD MANAGER
On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Brian May wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 04:57:47PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > Why not? Does it still work? Has it bitrotted over the last 16-19 months?
>
> Just that I am always a bit skeptical at programs are beta versions and
> have had no development. I have to wonder why has development stopped?
> When will it start again?
>
> According to the webpage, there is major work under way for developing
> version 0.60, but I cannot see any evidence of that. Some of the missing
> features not yet available in the working version could be considered
> security holes, eg. "Increased security by preventing core dumps and
> virtual memory pageouts" could be important.
>
> So, maybe I am premature in deciding to package it? What do others
> think?
Package it and you'll see what bugreports will come in. You can still drop
it later and if there's someone interesten in maintaining it then s/he
will.
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