[Users] Fancy

Andrej Kacian andrej at kacian.sk
Fri Sep 1 11:19:20 CEST 2017


On Fri, 1 Sep 2017 10:05:17 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Sep 2017 08:53:29 +0100, Paul wrote:
> >Perhaps Arch users should been left free to build and install the
> >unreleased dillo plugin also, rather than it being part of the
> >official build.  
> 
> When I had concerns against ardour phoning home, I reported this to the
> Arch bug tracker. The package maintainer agreed and removed the phone
> home flag from the PKGBUILD. If an Arch user should have concerns
> regarding Claws build with this Dillo thingy, it's also possible to ask
> the maintainer to remove it. https://bugs.archlinux.org/

This is a very cavalier policy Archlinux is taking - insecure by
default, fix only if asked to. There is a good reason Dillo plugin is
not included in release tarball - we do not want people using it. It is
not ready.

> I'm not the package maintainer, I only explained the Arch Linux policy.

Of course, this is understood.

Regards,
-- 
Andrej




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