Re: chromium: Update to version 94.0.4606.61 (security-fixes)
❦ 14 February 2022 22:39 +01, Jonas Smedegaard:
> I am trying hard to read good faith into your last sentence above, but
> have quite some difficulty reading as anything but you describing
> unbundling as inevitably leading to disaster.
That's how you should read it.
> Maybe my point was unclear, so let me try again: When maintaining a
> package with embedded code copies, then please if giving up on
> unbundling at least file RFP bugreports so that others can help. Help
> *you* the package maintainer, who has the final say on when and how such
> separately packaged dependencies is used to *improve* your maintenance
> (not make your work harder or drive you towards giving up).
The current state of Chromium is that it wasn't able to catch with
security updates for months (even before Bullseye release). Adding more
source-dependencies is a recipe to make it even more difficult to
provide timely updates.
As I don't maintain Chromium, my opinion has little weight. I am just
stating it to counter-balance the peer pressure on the subject.
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Write clearly - don't sacrifice clarity for "efficiency".
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plauger)
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