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Re: Bulk packages and security updates



I suppose if there's ever a super critical vulnerability that could
dramatically affect people, we can talk about any other actions then.

The only action that makes sense is for someone to make sure that the
package in question is rebuilt right away for any platform that has
built the previous version.

That's what I've been doing, when the need arises. If / when there's a pullup for git-base, I'll do that.

However, I think it's never ok to go deleting things because someone
things the vuln is super scary and that therefore they are deciding on
behalf of others than non-functional is better.  That would be like
audit-packages removing packages from people's machines, if they have a
vulnerability entry.

Oh - I'd never presume to delete anyone else's and would leave that to others (builders, core, whomever).

John


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