On 1/12/06, eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 16:13:23 -0800, Ted Unangst proclaimed... > > > if you're installing a package that's going to exploit a bug in perl, > > why are you installing it? > > So are you advocating that people not patch, or not install packages?
i am advocating that people assess their exposure, their risk tolerance, the difficulty of patching, and the impact of possible workarounds, and then decide on an appropriate course of action.
