On Wed, 25 May 2016, Irrwahn wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2016 12:08:12 +0200, Florian Zieboll wrote: > > On Tue, 24 May 2016 23:07:33 +0200 > > Irrwahn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> In my humble opinion a quality distribution like Devuan > >> should not show a potential weakness at such a crucial > >> spot by shipping a package in questionable condition. > > > > > > Hallo Irrwahn, > > > > in an earlier mail you wrote regarding slim: > > > > | Subject: Re: [DNG] How to change default session > > | Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 23:14:11 +0200 > > | > > | (...) plus there were some other more severe problems with it (if > > | my memory serves me right > > > > Can you elaborate on this? > > One specific thing I recall is slim leaking memory on each > login cycle. That might not sound dramatic per se (given the > amount of RAM present in even tiny machines today), but in > my experience is usually the symptom of an underlying more > severe problem or design flaw. And, it can very well be used > as an attack vector.
I don't exclude adopting the package with Devuan becoming upstream but are we 100% sure that there are no other alternatives out there, nor that lightdm can be tamed to a more minimal set of dependencies? I would like to have an opinion from Dimkr on these regards before proceeding with any decision. ciao _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
