cvs commit: CVSROOT modules ports/www Makefile
ports/www/linux-flashplugin6 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
Simon L. Nielsen
simon at FreeBSD.org
Thu May 25 05:50:13 PDT 2006
On 2006.05.24 08:00:53 +0900, Hiroki Sato wrote:
> "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon at FreeBSD.org> wrote
> in <20060523193029.GA1111 at zaphod.nitro.dk>:
>
> si> On 2006.05.23 19:12:24 +0000, Hiroki Sato wrote:
> si> > hrs 2006-05-23 19:12:24 UTC
> si> >
> si> > FreeBSD ports repository
> si> >
> si> > Modified files:
> si> > . modules
> si> > www Makefile
> si> > Added files:
> si> > www/linux-flashplugin6 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
> si> > Log:
> si> > Revert changes related to linux-flashplugin* removal.
> si>
> si> Hmm, is this really a good idea? It has a rather serious security
> si> vulnerability which is unlikely to get fixed.
>
> Ah, I just wanted to revert all my changes related to the
> flashplugin removal first. As of the removal, www/linuxpluginwrapper
> still depended on www/linux-flashplugin6.
>
> I also think it is good to remove this because of the security flaw,
> but is it true that in such cases we need to set DEPRECATED and
> EXPIRATION_DATE in advance? Or, is it no problem with removing
> it immediately?
Normally I use EXPIRATION_DATE, but since this has already been
deleted once I don't see a big need to wait with removing it again,
but that's up to you. As long as it keeps the FORBIDDEN tag I don't
have a problem with waiting a bit.
--
Simon L. Nielsen
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