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List:       fedora-legacy-list
Subject:    Re: FC3 (j)whois on .eu fails
From:       Pekka Savola <pekkas () netcore ! fi>
Date:       2006-04-12 18:33:21
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.0604122125490.15892 () netcore ! fi
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit Internet) wrote:
> But Red Hat maintained packages will probably be updated, while the legacy 
> packages may not. The question is whether legacy should do update the FL 
> maintained package or say: "This has nothing to do with security so we won't 
> fix it". I believe some people on this least agree this could be a slight 
> security issue (at a stretch), i.e. when whois is used for automated lookups.

Let me put a challenge for you guys.

If I see work on jwhois src.rpm packages AND at least one another 
NEEDSWORK package [1], for all the relevant distributions [2], I would 
probably consider evaluation these under publish criteria.

But unless a proponent of the update actually steps up to do the work 
(and some token work for some other Fedora Legacy updates), I wouldn't 
recommend anyone else from Fedora Legacy project to spend their time 
on this.  We have far too many, much more important packages still 
sitting on the "needs packages" pile.

[1] http://netcore.fi/pekkas/buglist.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy/QASubmit

Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings

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