Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 14:49:51 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: John Marino <freebsdml@marino.st> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why delete KDE3 ports? Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK1t4TUPeAZATVPO=KZPdwk4aksMDGeWxiMP7HCLcM8S_g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50EB1991.8010400@marino.st> References: <mailman.202.1357547625.2166.freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> <50EADA33.9010308@aldan.algebra.com> <50EB16B2.4070502@FreeBSD.org> <50EB1991.8010400@marino.st>
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On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:53 PM, John Marino <freebsdml@marino.st> wrote: > > Here's the issue I think some folks have: > > "Outdated": debatable. If outdated means a newer release is available, > then yes. If "outdated" means it outlived its usefulness, I'd say no. This > term seems subjectively used here. > > "prone to break": Perhaps, but it's not broken now. > > "possibly insecure": I think this needs to be "known insecure" rather > than holding it's last release date against it. http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt Probably other security issues as well. I didn't have to look very long. In a codebase as large as KDE's, it seems a very slim chance indeed years could go by without maintenance and still maintain security. -- Adam Vande More
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