[gentoo-dev] qa last rites -- long list

2015-01-06 Thread William Hubbs
All, Many packages have been masked in the tree for months - years with no signs of fixes. I am particularly concerned about packages with known security vulnerabilities staying in the main tree masked. If people want to keep using those packages, I don't want to stop them, but packages like this

Re: [gentoo-dev] qa last rites -- long list

2015-01-07 Thread Patrick Lauer
On 01/07/15 06:24, William Hubbs wrote: > All, > > Many packages have been masked in the tree for months - years with no > signs of fixes. > > I am particularly concerned about packages with known security > vulnerabilities staying in the main tree masked. If people want to keep > using those pac

Re: [gentoo-dev] qa last rites -- long list

2015-01-07 Thread Philip Webb
150106 William Hubbs wrote: > Many packages have been masked in the tree for months - years > with no signs of fixes. I am particularly concerned > about packages with known security vulnerabilities > staying in the main tree masked. If people want to keep those packages, > I don't want to stop t

Re: [gentoo-dev] qa last rites -- long list

2015-01-07 Thread William Hubbs
On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 06:49:56AM -0500, Philip Webb wrote: > 150106 William Hubbs wrote: > > Many packages have been masked in the tree for months - years > > with no signs of fixes. I am particularly concerned > > about packages with known security vulnerabilities > > staying in the main tree m

Re: [gentoo-dev] qa last rites -- long list

2015-01-07 Thread Philip Webb
150107 William Hubbs wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 06:49:56AM -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> 150106 William Hubbs wrote: >>> Many packages have been masked in the tree for months - years >>> with no signs of fixes. I am particularly concerned >>> about packages with known security vulnerabilities

Re: [gentoo-dev] qa last rites -- long list

2015-01-07 Thread Matt Turner
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 7:57 AM, William Hubbs wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 06:49:56AM -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> 150106 William Hubbs wrote: >> This one is perfectly safe on a single-user system : please leave it there. > > I'm not opposed to it staying in the tree under one of these conditi