On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 06:34:24AM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote:
> Package: mozilla
> Severity: serious
>
> Mozilla applications are known to require a lot of maintainance, and
> this is particularly true for the huge Mozilla suite. The 6 Mozilla
> updates since Sarge's release should show that, each fixing an average
> of about 10 security vulnerabilities that got CVE IDs assigned. The
> difficulty of keeping Mozilla secure is expected to increase largely due
> to the end of upstream support, already effective. Considering the
> security track up to now in Sarge, and the important security drop
> expected, even if the grave bugs currently opened against Mozilla suite
> are resolved, the suite will most likely get to a point where it will be
> better to remove it from stable Etch than keeping it, which is not
> desirable. Instead, as there are alternatives to the Mozilla suite,
> packages depending on Mozilla should find alternatives or be removed,
> and then the Mozilla suite should be removed before Etch's release.
>
> Takuo, please reassign this to ftp.d.o unless you disagree.
Takuo is MIA for this package. We are already taking care of this
problem. Anyway, please push the ITP holder for seamonkey to finally
upload his package .... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Alexander
p.s. please take care that the bug is listed as To: or CC: when
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