On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 02:09:12PM +0300, Mika Tiainen wrote: > > - You don't mention any other technical problems with the package that make > > it unsuitable for release, just that it's old.
> Well not just that it is old, but that it is a old alpha release not > recommended for casual users: > ,----[ http://gnus.org/manual/gnus_324.html ] > | This phase is called the alpha phase, since the Gnusae released in > | this phase are alpha releases, or (perhaps more commonly in other > | circles) snapshots. During this phase, Gnus is assumed to be unstable > | and should not be used by casual users. > `---- Still, this is an issue for the maintainer to decide in collaboration with upstream. > Maybe there should just be a warning in the package description then. I certainly don't object to that, but it also shouldn't be a release-critical bug if it doesn't get done. > Looking at the bug reports there's mention of a possible security > problem in http://bugs.debian.org/415562. Someone should atleast look > into that, I think it might refer to this: > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/63627 Given that you've expressed interest in gnus, I think you would be the ideal person to investigate this bug and discuss with the security team what the correct severity of this bug should be. In general, the severity definitions at <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities> apply. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
