On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:44 AM Vít Ondruch <vondr...@redhat.com> wrote:

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> Dne 28.8.2018 v 15:58 Christopher napsal(a):
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> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 8:49 AM Vít Ondruch <vondr...@redhat.com> wrote:
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>> So this is the email announcing orphaning js-jquery1:
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>> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MI7W7TT3MUGMQTLYZYE5FKXUJCKFUXU7/
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>> But apparently it is used by more packages then just a few. So is there
>> somebody, who would be willing (more than me) to keep the package alive?
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>> V.
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> Given the security vulnerabilities in jQuery 1 (and 2) and the fact that
> upstream dropped them a long time ago, I strongly recommend the packages be
> retired than kept alive. Packagers depend on the newer js-jquery (3)
> instead, patching as needed.
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>
> Of course I see your point. Nevertheless, I still believe that it is
> better to have the CVEs in one package where they will be eventually fixed
> then spread across the whole Fedora bundled in all packages, because I am
> quite sure this will be the result of retiring js-jquery1.
>
>
That's fair.


> Speaking of the two rubygem- packages from the list:
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> 1. rubygem-cucumbe is going to be migrated to the latest jQuery. Anyway,
> this is testing framework, so I don't see the old and vulnerable jQuery as
> a big deal.
>
> 2. I opened ticket to migrate rubygem-apipie-rails to the most recent
> version of jQuery, but I don't think it is going to happen soon. Also, it
> is probably used in some generated documentation, not sure how critical the
> old jQuery is.
>
> And in addition:
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> 3. There is jQuery embedded in every rubygem-*-doc package from
> rubygem-rdoc. You can use it as and example of bundling. But anyway, this
> is again "just" documentation, if used, then typically used just locally
> (although somebody might expose the documentation externally).
>
> V.
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>
> [1] https://github.com/Apipie/apipie-rails/issues/628
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