Re: Handling of "malware" in Debian

To: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
Cc: debian-security@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Handling of "malware" in Debian
From: "W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:17:58 +0100
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Quoting Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>:

A new empty package would be better than just removing it but the user
would not get any notification about why the functionality is gone nor
any information about the privacy violations they were subject to.


Would NEWS.Debian be sufficient?

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