Re: opposition against clamav-data in debian volatile (was: Packages that download/install unsecured files)
On 2009-09-19, Marc Haber <mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:56:07 +0000 (UTC), Philipp Kern
><trash@philkern.de> wrote:
>>On 2009-09-18, Tom Feiner <feiner.tom@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Looks like this method works well for clamav-data and other similar packages
>>> which needs to update databases frequently on stable/oldstable.
>>clamav-data is scheduled for deletion as soon as volatile moves onto
>>ftp-master, so that's no precedent. (I.e. there is opposition against
>>daily builds entering the archive without real developers signing them.)
> Why does the person responsible for these uploads not know about this
> opposition? Why was the person doing the significant work not informed
> about the fact that every single minute put into the package is wasted
> anyway?
If I recall the channel discussion correctly you were present and aware of
the discontinuation. Maybe I recall it incorretly, though. Please see
also:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-volatile-announce/2009/msg00003.html
However progress in the move is currently non-existant. It looked better
at some point back then.
Kind regards,
Philipp Kern
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