Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:16:29 +0930 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> To: Enkhyl <enkhyl@hayseed.net> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, 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.OSF.4.03.9809231311160.28910-100000@mercury.physics.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9809221720450.1840-100000@hillbilly.hayseed.net>
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On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Enkhyl wrote:
> 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
>
> On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Mark Murray wrote:
>
> > 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" :-)
After bringing this up on -current the other day, the feedback I've heard
(though hardly statistically significant :-) suggests that 4.06 is stable
under -stable, but is highly unstable under -current. Above and beyond the
problems which NS4 has always had re not quitting properly & eating up large
amounts of CPU in the background, etc, 4.06 seems to consistently crash
or hang within a few minutes of use.
Since 4.05 is unsecure (which I hadn't heard of, even on -security), what is
the last version which /was/ secure which I can revert to? Perhaps this can be
included in ports as an alternative to using the buggy 4.06 (or as mentioned,
the BSDI version, assuming that one is more stable)?
Kris
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