From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60226) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e2jk8-0000B9-8g for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:06:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e2jk2-0005SC-8Z for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:06:08 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:55939) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e2jk2-0005S6-4D for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:06:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e2jk1-00036r-MN for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:06:01 -0400 Subject: [bug#28004] Chromium Resent-Message-ID: Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:56:28 -0400 From: Leo Famulari Message-ID: <20171012195628.GA31843@jasmine.lan> References: <87y3qvb15k.fsf@fastmail.com> <20171010131949.y43plpzxbppvrigr@abyayala> <87lgkha2cx.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87lgkha2cx.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: 28004@debbugs.gnu.org --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 09:52:46PM +0200, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > ng0 skribis: > > could this patch be merged into master now? >=20 > Probably (I think at the time Marius submitted it the =E2=80=98ld=E2=80= =99 wrapper > enhancements were not in =E2=80=98master=E2=80=99 yet.) >=20 > For the security aspect though, given that it=E2=80=99s a fairly critical > component, I=E2=80=99d like to have Leo=E2=80=99s opinion. Thoughts? Any questions in particular? For me, the primary question is maintenance. As Marius pointed out when sending the patch, major version upgrades may be difficult, and timely delivery of security updates cannot be guaranteed. But these caveats apply to every package. [0] They aren't a reason to exclude Chromium from Guix. Now, if we add the Chromium package and then let if fall behind for weeks or months, that will be a problem, and we will need to remove it. It's relatively easy to remove packages of end-user applications, since it's rare that other packages depend on them. As always, I'm willing to help with security updates as much as my volunteer schedule allows. The other issue will be bugs caused by the use of non-bundled libraries. Presumably, important bugs are fixed in the bundled libraries before they are released by the upstream library (if ever). But again, this is an issue with all of our packages. We will address these issues when we find them. There was a new release last month, 61.0.3163. I'd like to try updating to it this weekend if I have the disk (does anyone know how much is required) and computing power. Then we can push :) [0] Users who really need to rely on the security of Chromium or Chrome should use the "official" installation from the Chromium or Google teams, and turn on auto-updates. Every update can be expected to fix critical bugs. --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEsFFZSPHn08G5gDigJkb6MLrKfwgFAlnfyOkACgkQJkb6MLrK fwhMuRAAzRlNHHyaU11WhgvdpnUdH/cN4sKNUW9sYQdigUSq+CnFEvCAK2WonkH9 D6+jfgcmZDL4d1/h/e8dIuA8+3SpL7sisrYhqrwxnIm7DmFEIAmM783QM0Z80+NF V1MdC7LBb5Rho5cRbXdMQxIGz8BbgEzwZFgjvpuAeMAkKhX46LP3S8f/NYm8obpN TmZhrRtFEzMkYa5Z3RPgeMEaxiyFmUSExppguhjbXeMuW6/Gl161lV6mF6AD6qza ExT0YY+xF5w3o+k3i80mfKzA9XPH9mi7LWbRuaORgO0OiNqyw6mP+rUaJfMwE0n7 ZTglRIL1iJgCXteTp9zl/EJOAcNUvVVuKR9kHOMaz1VIFvmhtscMRirHkWDd47iH 4SvmkbQ9qvMDUne59uulQKC7p08R8hG+IG+ZJUHEa7i3/lLeCAkb3jS1GbSVXQ0w vJFDBfg5IKmHDGLgA8niZxmVFmHva6L0neoT5RMkeuRLYw0Z8Wpgbl7Y21UyoLKL bsehhMC+kVBtMvA+y2F0rYHlTOkYxKL9j576as1OvJjaLm+jJHlKlrnUYMAA8oud xYSL88sqGEgJ9JiRusf+Ehrres+CAYxuNJItqSRzQmyLBKl7NReDCGtuOAGAMcMC dYH3FFgCBalyqDX0xifPOSlaoMxEQfGeUV1jmBMxEygwctL+330= =GPw3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS--