thanks for raising this issue Luke On 9 February 2017 at 17:21, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Julie Marchant <onp...@riseup.net> wrote: >> On 02/09/2017 11:45 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >>> (2) putting on angband.pl's nosystemd repositories. this is "hard >>> work" for me to both set up, and for others to remove (revert) just as >>> you say, so i am unlikely to do it... but it's an option. >> >>> for my laptop i'm using angband.pl's nosystemd, which is not kept >>> up-to-date with security updates >> >> Luke, for the love of God and for your own sake, please do not >> distribute something to your customers that doesn't receive reliable >> security updates > > i will not be distributing something that doesn't receive reliable > security updates. i appreciate you raising this, it's important. > > ah. i see where you got the misimpression from. *angband.pl* does > not keep up to date with security updates. however that is my > personal laptop. i would not recommend *to anyone* that they follow > (qty 1000 or 10,000) what i use for my *personal* laptop. it's a > highly complex and comprehensive specialist setup. > > >> because of your personal preferences. If someone's >> machine gets compromised because of this, it will tarnish your >> reputation. Remember your target audience: they're not the type of >> people to go into a command-line and do... > > then what i might do instead is get debian-installer set up instead. > i cannot and will not give something to people that i know will cause > them pain or distress, even if they don't understand it. > > lots of possibilities, and some time to think about them. > > bob's definition of "an ethical act" applies here, so if anyone else > can think of something that we've missed, so that it becomes possible > (as best we can) to come up with a solution that people are in *100%* > agreement is acceptable, that would be... good. > > l. > > _______________________________________________ > arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
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