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<H1>[Mageia-dev] [RFC] How to proceed with seamonkey/iceape for security updates and freeze push</H1>
<B>Maarten Vanraes</B>
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<I>Thu Apr 5 08:11:21 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>Op woensdag 04 april 2012 22:59:30 schreef Florian Hubold:
><i> Am 26.03.2012 19:46, schrieb Florian Hubold:
</I>><i> > Hi all,
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > i've taken a look at iceape and locally updated it to 2.7.2¹ after
</I>><i> > talking with maintainer
</I>><i> > about it, with the intent to at least push this to Mageia 1, because
</I>><i> > since initial import
</I>><i> > it has not received any security updates (and there are countless
</I>><i> > security problem) I've also completed the rebrand to iceape as far as i
</I>><i> > saw fit (change URL to release
</I>><i> > notes, applied some more debian rebranding patches, removed updater files
</I>><i> > and updater menu item, and some more smaller fixes, current svn diff is
</I>><i> > attached) and did some cleaning of old and unused stuff.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > ¹: I've only updated it to 2.7.2 as 2.8 does require newer NSPR, and
</I>><i> > that's a no-go for Mageia 1, which is my primary target.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > The biggest problem is: current maintainer does not have enough time to
</I>><i> > maintain it properly, and i'm not planning on doing it either, as i
</I>><i> > don't use it or know it well.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > There are at least 3 good options on how to proceed, apart from mga1
</I>><i> > update:
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > 1.
</I>><i> > push latest version to cauldron, and hope somebody will maintain it
</I>><i> > afterwards (this is the worst IMHO, as we'll probably face the same
</I>><i> > situation with a de-facto umaintained package throughout Mageia 2
</I>><i> > lifetime, which i want to avoid)
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > 2.
</I>><i> > drop iceape, package as seamonkey again and sync with Fedora
</I>><i> > (this one would at least make maintenance easier, only need to follow
</I>><i> > Fedora)
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > 3.
</I>><i> > drop iceape completely
</I>><i> > (actually this has the advantage that users can have official upstream
</I>><i> > binaries, and take advantage of automatic updates. Current maintainer
</I>><i> > agrees with this, as it's simply too fragile for him to maintain it
</I>><i> > easily.
</I>><i> > If somebody is against this, please step up as maintainer or help the
</I>><i> > current maintainer)
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > I'm currently in contact with some seamonkey developers, to maybe clear
</I>><i> > up why/if the
</I>><i> > rebrand is needed, if it's needed like it's currently done, and why
</I>><i> > Fedora can simply
</I>><i> > ship seamonkey without the need for a rebrand, but the dialog may take
</I>><i> > some time, this
</I>><i> > would be only relevant for option 2.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > If nobody responds, i'll push my current work as security update for
</I>><i> > Mageia 1, and drop iceape from cauldron so that we won't have an
</I>><i> > outdated package and a potential security risk for Mageia 2.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Kind regards
</I>><i>
</I>><i> As there was no real objection, and no other comments
</I>><i> or votes for iceape, i've dropped it from cauldron. FWIW i'm quite
</I>><i> unhappy with this. Related, i've also not got any reply yet to my
</I>><i> aforementioned inquiry about mozilla branding permissions.
</I>
About the mozilla branding...
Perhaps this should be a meeting point for packaging/council meeting...
ie: someone assigned to this point so it's not forgotten.
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