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Re: Proposal: Disable autoload of compat_xyz modules



On 01.08.2017 00:48, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 00:45:24 +0200
>> From: Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>
>>
>> I use both linux and linux32 ones.
> 
> Can you argue that these and the others you listed should be
> automatically enabled by default, and that having to modload them
> would be too much of a burden?
> 
> Can you say who maintains them, or volunteer to maintain them,
> including writing automatic tests with sample binaries that others can
> use to test security fixes?
> 
> I want to learn more than just who uses these -- I want to estimate
> the negative impact of disabling them by default, and what effort we
> have available to make sure they continue to work reliably.
> 

I think that multimedia/adobe-flash-player is the primary user.
Everything else that I'm aware of is more superuser or developer oriented.

I'm fine personally to modload(8) it manually.

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