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Riches Jr. a écrit : +</I>>>>><i> (New list subscriber...needed to fix registered email address to post...) +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> I was asked to submit this suggestion to the mailing list: +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> As a Mageia user, I believe msec was much better off with_OUT_ +</I>>>>><i> sectool. In its present state, sectool is BADLY broken. It +</I>>>>><i> whines for pages about file permissions that are exactly as they +</I>>>>><i> should be. +</I>>>><i> Can you be more specific ? +</I>>><i> It think he means this: <A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2808">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2808</A> +</I>>><i> or <A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2255#c21">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2255#c21</A> or +</I>>><i> <A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2255#c22">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2255#c22</A> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I've also become supportive of this, sectool is basically duplicating +</I>>><i> partly msec functionality, there was no adaption for Mageia, currently it's +</I>>><i> checking on Mageia with the upstream Fedora configuration. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Honestly this should have been done when importing it, as +</I>>><i> tmb already mentioned. msec should be patched to not require it. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> When we can't even get our default security tool to work properly, +</I>>><i> what's the point in adding a second one which needs even more +</I>>><i> maintenance? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> As you say, the question is again "why was it uploaded in the first place". +</I>><i> It seems some packages were uploaded, and there seemed to have not enough +</I>><i> tests. While that's hard or impossible to avoid totally, that's not really +</I>><i> the way to achieve a good distribution :/ +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I neither use msec or sectool, so I personnaly do not care that much. +</I>><i> Afaik, sectool was created by a ex mandriva/mandrake guy ( vincent danen ), +</I>><i> because he was ( rightfully ) wanting to rewrite msec, who is/was +</I>><i> a mess of bash + python + perl code ( and rather ugly code, afaik, last time +</I>><i> I took a look ), but if msec is supported, and sectool is not, then I guess +</I>><i> we could drop. However, I still think we should first attempt to collaborate +</I>><i> and fix it. ( ie, always have the reflex of "try to fix and collaborate" ). +</I>><i> +</I> + +As one of the people who tested it and the one who filed the bug linked +to above which expresses the need for it to be configured, I object to +this being blamed on QA! It seems we are kicked whenever anything is wrong. + +I believe it is assigned to those higher up to provide a proper +configuration. + +The bug was dated 22nd September and as yet no configuration exists. +That does not reflect well on the distribution, not that QA haven't +performed sufficient testing, which we obviously did. + +Regards +Claire Robinson + + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="009594.html">[Mageia-dev] (second attempt) suggesting sectool be dropped +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="009604.html">[Mageia-dev] (second attempt) suggesting sectool be dropped +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#9595">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#9595">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#9595">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#9595">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |