Bug 211552

Summary:	www-servers/publicfile - make the patches optional
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sulla Felix <sulla>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	www-servers Herd (OBSOLETE) <www-servers+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Lowest
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sulla Felix 2008-02-26 18:41:46 UTC

Please turn the ftpls and filetype patches into optional use flags.

DJB software has a really good reputation for security; however most third party patches breaks its coding style and shouldn't be trusted.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-02-26 18:50:30 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
> DJB software has a really good reputation for security

ROTFLMAO! You've made my day....

On a side note, kindly review http://bugs.gentoo.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#bug_severity

Comment 2 Thilo Bangert (RETIRED) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-01-03 21:25:50 UTC

your argument is not really convincing.