>Hi, > > there's recently been an update sent for hplip-plugin, using the web >form, with the name and email I use for my slackbuilds (which are not exactly >the ones I use for my pull requests...). > > I didn't send that update. > > That update was not warranted, as it effectively breaks hplip usage of >its plugin, and printers/scanners will stop working. >On a stable slackware-15.0. > >The update sent was to match the version of hplip used by -current. >The main SBo repository is not for -current. >Ponce maintains a secondary repository for -current, with updates there: >https://github.com/Ponce/slackbuilds.git > > hplip-plugins needs to be the exact same version as hplip for it to > work. >I have tested it again before sending that email : a printer or scanner >requiring the plugin (I have one at home) will not be installable using a wrong >plugin, and will stop working if the plugin is updated (And work again without >further ado when the plugin is reverted). > Hence this slackbuild shouldn't see any update between releases, except >if there is a security update for hplip on -stable branch. > > > Also, after some careful thought, I find that I dislike profoundly that >someone used my name and email for an unwarranted update. > > > That is not the way to do things, and even as I know I've been slow >lately, even being very (very) long to answer some emails, I have not received >any email, request, or whatever, from the person who did that. >I would have pointed him on the right direction. >And I really hope the person responsible didn't push other unwarranted updates >through the web form, which could be a way for a malevolent person to insert a >security breach, completely anonymously.
I will be more careful about this with the email notification is gone, i have to do things manually and this is why it slipped -- Willy Sudiarto Raharjo
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