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Date:      Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:22:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Enkhyl <enkhyl@hayseed.net>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, eivind@yes.no, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/www/netscape4-navigator Makefile ports/www/netscape4-navigator/files md5 netscape.sh ports/www/netscape4-navigator/pkg PLIST 
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.04.9809221720450.1840-100000@hillbilly.hayseed.net>
In-Reply-To: <199809221649.SAA05608@gratis.grondar.za>

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On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Mark Murray wrote:

>  wrote:
> >  * 4.05 has security problems (any random web-page can execute anything
> >  * it pleases, IIRC).  This is IMO more important than any other
> >  * reliability issue.
> > 
> > Duh.  Should I just mark it broken then?
> 
> Naah. Even if the software is a bit ropey, as long as it's not
> hopelessly broken, let's let the users bang on it. If the software
> will not work or of it has a big security hole, then that is a good
> cause for marking BROKEN IMO.

To provide user input on this, I would concur with Mark. The software
isn't "broken" per se, it's just has some, shall we say, interesting
"features" :-)

-- 
Christopher Nielsen
Scient: The Art and Science of Electronic Business
cnielsen@scient.com
<http://www.scient.com>;




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