Hi, > >> > I had several talks with somebody (who occassionally also > >> > contributes stuff) about NetBSD's current distribution. All in all, > >> > his resume was that NetBSD imports too much stuff to base, which is > >> > then just left there unmaintained. He reported about security stuff > >> > not being fixed, but the pkgsrc versions were better maintained. > >> > >> Who was that? > > > >does the source matter if the criticism is still valid? > > The source may help us to assess whether the criticism is valid. > It's one thing to make vague statements about "security stuff > not being fixed", but if you don't give examples, and you don't > identify yourself as somebody with a track record of making > correct statements about security, then your vague statements > don't count for much. I think he was referring to something like this: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-security/2011/04/20/msg000376.html Regards, Julian
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