Kill them with fire. Arguably Solaris 9 is in them same boat at this point...
Are there any remaining packages built for Solaris 8 that are in the dependency tree for modern systems? Thanks -Ben On Wed, Dec 3, 2014, 23:18 Juraj Lutter <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> > >
