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Re: remove xview?



On Monday 14 January 2008 07:13:01 am Riku Voipio wrote:
> It's not only lack of 64bit that makes xview a problem. If security
> issues withing xview are found, it is unlikely that they get fixed
> in a timely manner.

 Sometimes I wish there were a security warning system in dpkg. Say, a user 
loads up Synaptic (or Adept, depending), and when they try to install a 
dangerous package -- maybe a server that opens ports by default -- they get a 
textual warning summarizing the problems, and pointing them to more 
information (/usr/share/doc/pkg_name/SECURITY, perhaps?).

It seems to me that removing old packages just because they are old misses an 
important point: There are people who use them. Perhaps warning them that the 
packages are ancient and may be dangerous to their health is a good thing. 
Removing xview or similar small, insignificant (to debian, not to the users 
necessarily), and old packages doesn't seem like it'd do much good. It would, 
however, annoy the users who DO still use them.


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