Tyler MacDonald wrote: > This can have security implications too, since the end user will > have to manually keep an eye out for security updates instead of > just upgrading against security.debian.org.
In theory, you're right. In reality, FreeRADIUS has disclosed a security problem on 20 March and there's still no official Debian package available yet :( So finally if you really care about security you'd better build packages from sources anyway. > So you provide a way of debianizing freeradius packages easily, even > ones that aren't included with debian. Given that, another alternative > (admittedly with it's own set of problems) would be an official freeradius > apt repository. This doesn't solve anything. The problem is that such packages aren't distributable in binary form. If someone provides a repository, he becomes an outlaw. (exaggeratedly) -- Nicolas Baradakis - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
