Re: security in testing
On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 04:09:28PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Michael Banck (mbanck@debian.org) wrote:
> > I wouldn't feel like setting up a repository for testing that only
> > clueless people-who-put-every-apt-line-they-see-in-their-sources-list[0]
> > would use.
>
> Others would see what you had done and you could post patches to the BTS
> with the fixes in them, etc.
>
> > 1. See above
> > 2. I don't have the time
> > 3. I'm not running testing
>
> Ah, so, you don't have the time. That would be the reason testing
> hasn't got security updates- not enough skilled people with the time to
> actually *do* it. People with the time and skills, DD or not, could
> provide updates and eventually I think these people and updates would be
> incorporated into Debian in a move where Debian would then start
> officially supporting testing. I don't believe Debian should ever do it
> piecemeal or partially. If it's going to be done then it needs to be
> done completely and we must have enough people to do it before we
> announce that we will.
>
> > 4. I would have to get a s/390
>
> While having one would be fun if you'd actually been reading what I've
> been saying you'd have noticed that you wouldn't have needed one. You
> wouldn't need to be running testing as your main system either.
And beside, i think IBM can give you an account on one of those.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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