Bug#564248: RM: snort/2.8.4.1-6

[Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Fri, 08 Jan 2010, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> Please remove snort from testing. It has an open security bug, which hasn't
> been acknowledged since more than two months.

I'm a bit worried that we remove (popular) software from testing instead
of fixing the underlying problem.

Javier, why was that problem not dealt with? Do you have troubles
maintaining snort? If yes, maybe orphan it so that someone with more time
can maintain it... or at least ask for help.

But the current result seems sub-optimal and I'm not convinced that
removing the software is the best approach here.

Cheers,

PS: I have not looked up the details of the security bug.
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog