Re: Chromium security updates
The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> writes:
> On 2022-01-19 at 19:08, Richmond wrote:
>
>> I see debian 10's chromium is currently on version 90.0.4430.212
>> (Developer Build), whereas google-chrome is on Version 97.0.4692.99
>> (Official Build) (64-bit). Does that mean it is out of date and has
>> security vulnerabilities?
>
> Roughly speaking, yes, but there's background and context here.
>
> First up: the version of Chromium in Debian stable, like that of every
> other package in stable, will remain unchanged until such a time as a
> new Debian point release is made. However, there may be updated versions
> made available in stable-backports in the meantime. (I do not use
> stable-backports myself, so anyone who knows better than I do may feel
> free to clarify, amplify, or correct on this.)
>
> Recent-ish-ly, there was discussion about dropping Chromium from Debian
> entirely (except for the version in stable, which would remain unchanged
> and quickly become stale), because the packagers couldn't keep up with
> updating the packaged version against the upstream releases, and as such
> vulnerable versions were being shipped for too long anyway. If I recall
> correctly and my archives are accurate, the chromium package actually
> *was* dropped from Debian testing at that point, with the most recent
> release before the drop having been 93.0.4577.82.
>
> I followed parts of that discussion, and from what I can tell, the
> outcome of it was that more people stepped forward and took up
> maintenance of the Debian packages for Chromium. Version 97.0.4692.71 is
> now in Debian testing, and I understand that a stable-backports build
> was pending, as of the last word in the part of the discussion I was
> following (about a week ago now); that version, or a successor, should
> make it into an updated version of Debian stable at some point.
>
> That may not help very much for now, but it should give hope for the
> future on this front, as well as bring relief that at least things
> aren't going to be ending up getting that much worse.
Thanks. I have belatedly discovered the wiki
https://wiki.debian.org/Chromium which suggests
https://wiki.debian.org/ungoogled-chromium which is also out of date. :)
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