Re: Security updates for bundled copies of libraries in Qt

2015-08-20 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Andreas Enge skribis: > On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 04:59:13PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> In >> there was consensus that, to begin with, we should remove the bundled >> Chromium and all the things it pulls from Qt5 > > This w

Re: Security updates for bundled copies of libraries in Qt

2015-08-18 Thread Andreas Enge
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 04:59:13PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > In > there was consensus that, to begin with, we should remove the bundled > Chromium and all the things it pulls from Qt5 This was done in commit f7fb0ccb6980de

Re: Security updates for bundled copies of libraries in Qt

2015-08-18 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Mark H Weaver skribis: > Fair enough, but consider this: IMO, the most severe problem with using > bundled copies of libraries has to do with security updates. We have > yet to develop a security policy, but in my opinion we should not allow > software with known security flaws to remain in Guix

Re: Security updates for bundled copies of libraries in Qt

2015-08-11 Thread Andreas Enge
Hello, On Sun, Aug 02, 2015 at 03:24:18PM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: > Andreas Enge writes: > > In any case, feel free to implement a more modular qt, for me > > this is not a priority. > > Fair enough, but consider this: IMO, the most severe problem with using > bundled copies of libraries has

Security updates for bundled copies of libraries in Qt

2015-08-02 Thread Mark H Weaver
Andreas Enge writes: > In any case, feel free to implement a more modular qt, for me > this is not a priority. Fair enough, but consider this: IMO, the most severe problem with using bundled copies of libraries has to do with security updates. We have yet to develop a security policy, but in my