Re: pycharm package in debian
On 10/01/2017 11:50 PM, Matthias Klose wrote:
> On 01.10.2017 21:33, Thomas Goirand wrote:
>> On 10/01/2017 09:47 AM, Ghislain Vaillant wrote:
>>> Besides, rrom an end-user perspective, I can't picture anyone preferring
>>> the (potentially lagging) packaged version over more official means like
>>> the Jetbrains app or the snap package, both of which have been good at
>>> keeping up with updates.
>>
>> I definitively prefer a Debian package in main, even if it is "lagging
>> behind" as you said. For such a thing as an IDE, I expect it to be
>> mature enough so that the older version is enough for the everyday use.
>> And I would feel safer than using any random snap package. Who knows
>> what security issue is in there and what security policy and procedure
>> (if any) is in place.
>
> who says that a "lagging behind" package doesn't have any security issues? If
> the package is lagging behind, how do you know that security updates aren't
> lagging behind either...
As this is Debian, I do expect that at least, I can read the security
tracker to see the current status. For a snap package, I wouldn't know
how to audit it.
> Do you want point users to the five year lagging behind eclipse package in Debian?
Why 5 years? We do release stable approx every 2.5 years...
Cheers,
Thomas Goirand (zigo)
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