[aur-general] Package removal/orphan request (stackless-python, clojure-svn, firestarter)

Grigorios Bouzakis grbzks at gmail.com
Fri Mar 6 12:29:05 EST 2009


On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Grigorios Bouzakis <grbzks at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh at lutzhaase.com> wrote:
>>> Also, please remove/ban the firestarter in extra, it is a very old, now
>>> broken piece of software which hasn't seen any love for quite a long
>>> time. In it's current state, it endangers users more than it helps keep
>>> them secure, therefore I request a removal and ban if possible until the
>>> firestarter project eventually releases a new version.
>>
>> +1
>
> Huh? It's the same version as the official release. What's wrong with it?
>

Its unmaintained for more than 4 years. Last release 29 Jan 2005.
The ChangeLog hasnt been touched for 7+ years.
Pesonally I dont have a problem with it if it still works.
But since someone brought it up..
Also interesting:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=491AF581.1030004%40ono.com&forum_name=firestarter-user

-- 
Greg


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