Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 09:17:44AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > > > Suppose a nifty new emacs feature is developed; why should that new > > functionality be excluded from this repository you are speaking of, > > merely because it isn't a security update? > > Because, even if they are not security updates (*) the new functionality adds > a value to an obsolete package which is better not to have anymore in the > repository, unlike the new emacs functionality, which does provide an > update to a perfectly working package.
This is an argument for why we ought to do what makes the package useful (keep the virus definitions up-to-date, and add what new things are necessary for that purpose), but is no argument for making other unrelated changes. Thomas
