Andreas Rottmann wrote: > As I discovered that libsoup SVN trunk has libproxy as an optional build > dependency, I stumbled upon this ITP, and found out that upstream has > been made aware of this issue: > > http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/issues/detail?id=21 > > Based on that bug, I assume that a future release release will offer > Debian these options: > > 1) Don't ship the offending plugin at all in a/the binary package, or > 2) disable the use of the plugin via the default config file > > I think admins should be free (and in general are, FWIW ;-)) to shoot > themselves and the users of the boxes they administer in the proverbial > foot, so I'd suggest going with (2). > > However, I agree that until this "feature" can be reliably and > mandatorily disabled by the admin (and is disabled by a stock Debian > install), this package should not enter Debian. The package is already in NEW with WPAD fallback disabled, see http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-gnome/packages/unstable/libproxy/debian/patches/50_px-wpad-fallback-env-var.patch?rev=18581&view=auto Emilio
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