On 12/03/14 23:09, Laurent Blume wrote: > People, > > There's another guy on IRC coming to ask for S8 binaries. I think it > is more than time to remove them from the archive. > > I have nothing against him, he asked nicely, But nevertheless, they > must go. > > At this point, they are more a liability than anything else. All the > famous vulnerabilities are there, HEARTBLEED, SHELLSHOCK, POODLE, and > those who've not done the headlines. > > The people who come asking for them are following a pattern: they're > obviously not experimented, and they clearly are not able to assess > the risks, and *never* in a position to take decision. > > Then, their employers follow a similar pattern: they're cheapskates, > who want to get as much money as possible from obsolete systems with > no investment in time nor money. They willingly put their customers > are risk because of their greed. > > And lastly, there's an existing alternative, there's SunFreeware, > which, from a quick look, has much more recent packages. > > So frankly, I think we're doing a disservice to everybody by keeping > those old files online. They should be removed. If a company is > motivated to revive it and provides resources for it, welcome to it. > But those files as they stand are just used as an excuse to avoid > doing that. >
I only can aggree with Laurent. -- Juraj Lutter <[email protected]>
