Re: netscape not in unstable

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 08:04:04PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
>     Is there a reason why netscape isn't in unstable?

Yep. http://ftp-master.debian.org/removals.txt says:

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[Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 06:29:07 -0500] [ftpmaster: Anthony Towns]
Removed the following packages from unstable:

communicator |   1:4.77-2 | i386
 navigator |   1:4.77-2 | i386
  netscape |   1:4.77-2 | i386
netscape-base-4 |   1:4.77-2 | i386
netscape-base-4-libc5 |   1:4.77-2 | i386
netscape4.base |   1:4.77-2 | source

------------------- Reason -------------------
purged by RM; see bugs 145402
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[Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 06:30:58 -0500] [ftpmaster: Anthony Towns]
Removed the following packages from unstable:

communicator-base-477 |     4.77-2 | i386
communicator-nethelp-477 |     4.77-2 | all
communicator-smotif-477 |     4.77-2 | i386
communicator-spellchk-477 |     4.77-2 | all
navigator-base-477 |     4.77-2 | i386
navigator-nethelp-477 |     4.77-2 | all
navigator-smotif-477 |     4.77-2 | i386
netscape-base-477 |     4.77-2 | i386
netscape-ja-resource-477 |     4.77-2 | all
netscape-java-477 |     4.77-2 | all
netscape-ko-resource-477 |     4.77-2 | all
netscape-smotif-477 |     4.77-2 | i386
netscape4.77 |     4.77-2 | source

------------------- Reason -------------------
purged by RM; see bugs 145398 145399 113615
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In other words, it had three open security bugs and one serious policy
violation, which had been unfixed for more than six months. The release
manager decided that unstable was better off without these packages. If
someone wants to reintroduce them, they can, but they'll have to fix
these issues first.

Also see:

  http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce-0210/msg00019.html
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce-0210/msg00020.html
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce-0211/msg00006.html

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]