Control: Severity -1 important

Hi,

在 2025/8/16 13:59, Max Nikulin 写道:
> On Mon, 4 Aug 2025 10:27:01 +0800 xiao sheng wen wrote:
>> Control: tags -1 - security
>> Control: Severity -1 wishlist
> 
> Xiao Sheng Wen, shouldn't severity be higher for this bug?
Yes!

> 
> I think, you set "wishlist" because network dictionaries and scanning X11 
> selection are important features for users who need to quickly translate 
> words and do it frequently. I agree in general, but privacy should be 
> respected as well. The security team has restored the "security" tag already.
> 
> I would consider to set severity at least to "important". Higher value causes 
> package removal from testing, and I do not find it reasonable.
> 
> In [1] Vincent wrote that apt-listbugs warns users about issues with severity 
> "serious" and above. In my opinion, users should be notified about this bug 
> before installing the packages. Accordingly to [2] it is possible to set 
> "forky-ignore" and maybe "bookworm-ignore" tags to prevent removal of the 
> packages from Debian repositories.
Most of the end normal user don't install apt-listbugs default.
> 
> If the release team approve adding "ignore" tags, will you agree to raise 
> severity to "serious"?

I had uploaded the new version to fix this bug, now is waiting for ftp-master 
team to process NEW,

https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/stardict_3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-8.html

so set adding "ignore" tags in not necessary at present.
> 
> Original severity "critical" likely is not appropriate since the security 
> team added: "<no-dsa> (Minor issue)" [3].
> 
> I really hope that with cooperation from the upstream developers, it is 
> possible to keep all features convenient for users, but to avoid issues 
> related to privacy in default configuration.
Stardict is a long history software, although the upstream developers is not 
very active,
but he still can do some minor update. 

> 
> [1] Vincent Lefevre to debian-user.
>     Re: Security: Be careful with StarDict!
>     Fri, 8 Aug 2025 15:29:17 +0200.
>  
> <https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/[email protected]>
> 
> [2] Tags for bug reports.
>     Information regarding the bug processing system
>     for package maintainers and bug triagers
>     <https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#tags>
> 
> [3] <https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-55014>

Thanks!

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