Re: Proposal for removal of mICQ package
>>>>> In article <[🔎] 20030214091621.GA20444@shadowglade.net>, "Matthew
>>>>> P. McGuire" <gray@shadowglade.net> writes:
> At the risk of sounding resoundingly stupid, why not try to
> work out the differences between you and upstream?
Because upstream kinda burned his bridges when he hit our
users with a denial of service poison pill?
> I get the impression that this would the solve the problem as a
> whole. If you feel that upstream refuses to be reasonable, then
I think we agree that hitting users with an attack to coerce
the Debian project, or the maintainer, into a different course of
action is hardly reasonable behaviour.
> remove the offending bit of code, upload a 'safe' version and
> orphan the package.
How do you know the author hasn't gotten ``mad'' at someone
else before? How can you be sure there is only one offensive bit of
code? Normally, one may trust to the good sense of the author, but
that is obviously not the case here.
> Or better yet, offer the package to someone else you trust who
> could try to work out the problem. Requesting permanent removal is
> a brute force political move and I don't think enough people will
> support it. I do hope that this can get worked out in as peaceful a
> method as possible.
It is not permanent removal, it is removal until we can audit
the code, and it is not a political move, it is the only thing we
can do to protect our users.
manoj
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