Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2011 22:32:30 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, yar@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysutils/cfs Message-ID: <201109042032.p84KWUIF073409@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:21:10 BST." <CADLo83_A%2BOh%2Bi4ZFQ=KnZyvBk0h2pf%2BbJnjhYHm=5UyacjE3cA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, Reference: > From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 20:21:10 +0100 > Message-id: <CADLo83_A+Oh+i4ZFQ=KnZyvBk0h2pf+bJnjhYHm=5UyacjE3cA@mail.gmail.com> Chris Rees wrote: > On 4 September 2011 17:56, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote: > > Guys, > > > > I've had to deprecate sysutils/cfs -- there's a confirmed issue with > > failing locks [1] which has been open for two years with no fix. No reason to suddenly panic then. > > Please would someone consider stepping up to fix and maintain it? It > > has two months to live. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Chris > > > > [1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/137378 > > Whoops, also missed a CVE -- buffer overflows can cause a DoS. > Expiration date altered to 1 month accordingly. It is not responsible to threaten to remove ports without warning between releases for non urgent reasons. Better to deprecate such non urgent ports, & wait a while after next release is rolled, to give release users a warning & some time to volunteer (or if a firm using releases, perhaps time to allocate a staff member if a port is important to them). Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below, not above; Indent with "> "; Cumulative like a play script. Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable. http://www.softwarefreedomday.org 17th Sept, http://berklix.org/sfd/ Oct.
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