A proposed policy to remove unfixable packages from Ubuntu
A proposed policy to remove unfixable packages from Ubuntu
[Distributions] Posted Nov 12, 2014 14:26 UTC (Wed) by corbet
In response to the recent ownCloud troubles, Martin Pitt has put together a
proposal allowing for the removal of problematic packages from the Ubuntu
repositories in the future. "In rare cases, an universe package becomes actively detrimental in stable
releases: If it is unmaintained in Ubuntu and has unfixed security issues
or got broken because of changing network protocols/APIs, it is better to
stop offering it in Ubuntu altogether rather than continuing to encourage
users to install it.
" Comments are requested.