On Tue, 13 May 2003, Daniel K. Gebhart wrote: > Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote Tue, May 13, 2003 at 08:36:12AM > +1000: > > *very* serious problem for anyone who starts relying on the binary packages > > uploaded to m.d.n. What sort of protections do you have in place or plan to > > put in place to protect against this sort of thing? > > The mentors project is not something like apt-get.org! Hosting stable > and safe packages is not our goal. We are responsible for the contact > between maintainers and sponsors. Not between maintainers and users.
>From the front page of mentors.debian.net: "Welcome to the debian-mentors public software repository. In short terms this is a free (no costs, no obligations) server which allows maintainers of Debian GNU/Linux packages to offer them here. Other Debian users are invited to download these packages using the handy apt-get utility." I'll highlight a part for you: "Other Debian users are invited to download these packages". Care to try again? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <disclaimer.h> Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16