Bug#539698: document removal of nessus, recommend switch to OpenVAS
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On 21-08-2009 17:33, Nicolas François wrote:
> Hi Felipe,
>
> On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 11:13:34PM -0300, Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw) wrote:
>> Javier [1]reported on debian-security the removal of Nessus and recommended
>> interested users to switch to OpenVAS. Cyril asked if it should be mentioned in
>> the release-notes and I just submit this bug report. :-)
>>
>> 1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2009/08/msg00005.html
>
> Should we recommend this when user upgrade from Etch to Lenny (and inform
> then during Lenny -> Squeeze), or should we just inform users during Lenny
> -> Squeeze?
Nessus is still available on all Debian "distros", I don't
think it is worth to be added to Etch's RN, but certainly it deserves
a not on Squeezes' RN.
But your question is quite interesting, I don't really know
what happened in the past regarding RN when such changes happened and
could become an useful piece of information, even for migrations
oldstable -> stable.
> Also, reading the thread, we may wait a bit until we are sure nobody
> insist in continuing the maintenance of nessus.
Of course, this is one of the problems related to Release Notes,
it doesn't really matter *right* *now* what's the outcome of the
discussion, in 8 to 16 months, Nessus may be back or may be totally
dead. :)
PS: I was unsure if I should copy you or not, so I cc:ed, let me know
if you prefer I remove it next time.
Kind regards,
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Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw)
"Debian. Freedom to code. Code to freedom!"
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