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Re: Bug#661565: ITP: nyancat -- Terminal-based Pop Tart Cat animation



On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Charles Plessy wrote:

> if a couple of gag programs can not upgraded.  Couldn't we keep a place in our
> namespace and our mirrors for such programs, in a section where best effort is
> the rule ?  I do understand it is not that easy; security comes to mind
> immediately.  But this is exactly where these application stores have their
> value: they go through a filter that is operated by the maker of the operating
> system, which the users trust.

I think you want a repository on Launchpad's PPA system or on your own
website; packages that are explicitly expected to poorly maintained
should not be added to the Debian archive.

-- 
bye,
pabs

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