Re: opposition against clamav-data in debian volatile (was: Packages that download/install unsecured files)
On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:52:17 +0000 (UTC), Philipp Kern
<trash@philkern.de> wrote:
>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.
Das muss ich verdrängt haben. I still get absolutely furious about
this "decision" when I think about it, so I'd better not think about
it.
Thanks for the reminder. I'm going to kill off clamav-data the second
the build process breaks for the next time. It's really a shame to see
weeks of work going down the drain due to political restrictions.
Greetings
Marc
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