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Date:      Sat, 16 Mar 2024 09:03:00 -0700
From:      Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>
To:        eugen@grosbein.net, daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Proposed ports deprecation and removal policy
Message-ID:  <02FAD836-6F5C-41A4-9915-49CCD00CDB4E@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <1068734D-4D5D-4E13-AC1E-D91BBDBE0486@yahoo.com>
References:  <1068734D-4D5D-4E13-AC1E-D91BBDBE0486@yahoo.com>

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[Just trying to get Daniel's E-mail address right this time.]

On Mar 16, 2024, at 08:58, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Eugene Grosbein <eugen_at_grosbein.net> wrote on
> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 13:16:21 UTC :
>=20
>> 16.03.2024 17:03, Daniel Engberg wrote:
>>=20
>>> A key difference is though that browsers such as Firefox or Chromium =
are maintained upstream including reporting etc.
>>=20
>> It does not stop browsers from being vulnerable all the time. All =
times. So, no difference in practical point of view.
>> In theory, there is difference. Not in practice.
>=20
> My guess here is that Daniel is thinking of properties like:
> How long does a discovered vulnerability generally stay as
> a vulnerability after discovery? There might generally be a
> difference for code maintained by an upstream vs. code not
> maintained by an upstream, for example. There might be
> practical consequences to such distinctions in various kinds
> of cases.
>=20
> The overall Boolean status for "being vulnerable" in at least
> one way vs. Daniel's comment seem mismatched and not all that
> relevant to each other.
>=20
> The "tools, not policy" point could apply to both. My point
> here is more limited to the potentially mismatched kind of
> referenced context.




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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com




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