Re: Updating scanners and filters in Debian stable (3.1)
Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > > For example, will you accept new Mozilla upstreams? We have been
> > > shipping woody for a long time with mozilla packages containing known
> > > security holes, maybe we don't want this for sarge.
> >
> > No. Mozilla interfears with other programs that would have to be updated
> > as well and require even more packages and more updates, it's a whole new
> > can of worms.
>
> Just as the kernel is. Will you stop providing updates for the kernel
> packages because of the same reason?
Yes. Except it's the same kernel version with bugfixes applied without
an ABI change.
> IMHO, this is insane. It means we have absolutely zero support for
> security updates on e.g. mozilla or OOo. This is a great disservice to
> our users.
Maybe these packages are not suited for stable if it's impossible to
support them security-wise?
Regards,
Joey
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