Re: Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 02:09:06PM +0200, A Mennucc wrote:
> lists many packages which ship embedded copies. One example is
> mozilla/iceweasel/iceape. Iceweasel had 9 security bugs in Etch.
> Iceweasel has ~500 bugs (!!). So iceweasel should be kept out of
> Lenny, since it contains embedded copies of code and is quite
> buggy. But no one is ever posting this RC bug. Why? Beats me.
In fact, recently iceweasel was made to build to on top of xulrunner
instead of embedding it, and work is done to make more applications
mozilla apps to do the same.
The originating issue here is that embedded copies requires
extra work for security team. Thus one strategy to convince
people to grant mplayer a execption is that you can take this
workload from them, and will not go MIA during the next release
cycle. I don't know if such arrangments are being considered by
the security/release teams. Or maybe try "If I fix n RC bugs, would
you grant a exception for mplayer?" ;). Be positive and creative
rather than negative and bureacratic.
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