Re: Packages removed from frozen
On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 05:34:14PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> I still say the dispensation should not be lightly given -- it
> should only be given where strictly necesary.
As it is in all the circumstances that have been discussed here.
> I have, however,
> amended my stance about restricting it to build depends (not that
> there was any attempt at dialogue -- people muist reaaaaly like flame
> fests here).
You started out by saying we should remove any bootstrapping packages.*
As someone who uses GNAT and SML extensively, such a threat is rather
disturbing.
* "Programs need dispension" && "dispension will only be given for
build-essentials" => "programs not in build-essentials will be be
removed"
> Rather than jumping on details, did you even try to see if
> xomething weorkable could be wrought out fo this? Hell, no.
Did you start out with something workable? Hell, no.
> David> ~ $ fgrep -i doc original_message
> David> A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation.
> David> ~ $
>
> Right. You really need things spelled out for you.
You didn't mention documentation in the original. You said they
shouldn't be in Debian. Or is English not your first language?
> David> No one's opposed to documenting these packages, but it doesn't
> David> really matter to most of us.
>
> That has been eminently clear. However, I suggest that the
> project give two hoots about security.
How about the fact that you download binary packages all the time,
without any proof that it's not a trojan? It would be so simple to
build your binary upload from a source you weren't planning to upload.
Why should I trust Joe Random Debian Developer over Ada Core Technologies
or Lucent Technologies? Not to offend any developers, but you're the paranoid
security person. Why doesn't this passionately worry you?
--
David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org
Only a nerd would worry about wrong parentheses with
square brackets. But that's what mathematicians are.
-- Dr. Burchard, math professor at OSU
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