Quoting Andreas Cadhalpun (2015-05-15 17:16:36) > On 15.05.2015 11:13, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> Quoting Reinhard Tartler (2015-05-15 09:23:13) >>> Also, given that Libav supports significantly less codecs and >>> formats (and in some cases specific variants or features of codecs), >>> many security issues simply don't apply. >> >> I find above important, not only for security but for long-term >> maintenance in general. > > Unfortunately that argument is misleading at best, as I explained in > my reply to Reinhard's mail.
Yes, you voiced your opinion already. Now please let others voice there opinion too - there's no need to repeat yourself if you have nothing *new* to say. >>> What project is less effort for the security team? >> Nowadays the security team has a distinct way of flagging packages as >> not-security-supported (see e.g. package debian-security-support). >> >> If we consistently treat the libraries as boring vs. exciting like I >> propose above, the security team might be convinced to tolerate both >> in stable - flagging the exciting one and anything linked against it >> as unsupported by them. > > I suggested something like that for jessie, but the reply was that having > no security support means essentially that it's unfit for stable. What I propose is not "something like that", nor is it for Jessie. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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