Re: Communicator removed from Testing?
Colin Watson wrote:
> Leaving it there with known security holes was worse ...
>
> If you want it back, there is really only one option: find a developer
> willing to maintain it properly. That's absolutely all it comes down to.
"Mark L. Kahnt" wrote:
> As Colin notes in his reply, and was noted in the advisory that DWN
> noted, it was subject to serious bugs that weren't seeing any sign, in
> Debian, of getting any better. The source code not being available and
> not as many using it anymore, it was not showing signs of being fixed to
> be raised to meet Debian standards for security. The decision wasn't
> something "commercial" - it was in keeping with the Debian policies
> iiuc.
OK guys, thanks for the clarifications and explanations. After reading
more about this, it's clear that I jumped the gun a bit in being
critical of Debian on this issue.
Tom
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