Bug#764982: Bitrot in backports
Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl> (2015-04-19):
> Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> > Packages sometimes bitrot in backports, with unfixed security issues,
> > up to the point they get removed. That can also happen because they're
> > not supportable anymore (e.g. owncloud in wheezy-backports). Now we
> > have debian-security-support for pathological cases in stable; does
> > that work for backports? I'm pretty sure running a no longer supported
> > owncloud instance is one of the worst things you can do with your
> > data…
>
> Some packages in stable have the same problem.
> Take a look at Chromium.
Are you really not reading what you're quoting? That doesn't help having
a sensible discussion.
Mraw,
KiBi.
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