Re: default messaging/VoIP client for Debian 8/Jessie

[Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@yahoo.co.uk>]

previously on this list Bas Wijnen contributed:

> I see the problem of all the bloat that comes with Java, but it is
> minor.  The main problem is still
> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html

I guess you missed all the exploits in JAVA over the years and
especially last year where it was banned for long periods from all
browsers. To the point that the pressure is building on web hosts to
drop JAVA KVM clients completely.

I'm starting to question if Debian takes security and correctness
seriously enough.

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'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work
together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a
universal interface'

(Doug McIlroy)

In Other Words - Don't design like polkit or systemd
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I have no idea why RTFM is used so aggressively on LINUX mailing lists
because whilst 'apropos' is traditionally the most powerful command on
Unix-like systems it's 'modern' replacement 'apropos' on Linux is a tool
to help psychopaths learn to control their anger.

(Kevin Chadwick)

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