From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36574) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e2k6J-0002qt-11 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:29:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e2k6H-0004Bn-V7 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:29:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:55951) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e2k6H-0004Bg-RQ for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:29:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e2k6H-0003gd-Kh for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:29:01 -0400 Subject: [bug#28004] Chromium Resent-Message-ID: Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:28:18 +0000 From: ng0 Message-ID: <20171012202818.kuxrucng2xbvabo3@abyayala> References: <87y3qvb15k.fsf@fastmail.com> <20171010131949.y43plpzxbppvrigr@abyayala> <87lgkha2cx.fsf@gnu.org> <20171012195628.GA31843@jasmine.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ajc7ngzq362ceeil" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171012195628.GA31843@jasmine.lan> 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: Leo Famulari Cc: 28004@debbugs.gnu.org --ajc7ngzq362ceeil Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Leo Famulari transcribed 2.9K bytes: > 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 critic= al > > component, I=E2=80=99d like to have Leo=E2=80=99s opinion. Thoughts? >=20 > Any questions in particular? >=20 > For me, the primary question is maintenance. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > As always, I'm willing to help with security updates as much as my > volunteer schedule allows. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 :) Around 8 GiB for a full build as far as I know, that is when you include debbuging symbols. So it's less than 8 GiB. > [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. --=20 ng0 GnuPG: A88C8ADD129828D7EAC02E52E22F9BBFEE348588 GnuPG: https://dist.ng0.infotropique.org/dist/keys/ https://www.infotropique.org https://ng0.infotropique.org --ajc7ngzq362ceeil Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEqIyK3RKYKNfqwC5S4i+bv+40hYgFAlnf0GIACgkQ4i+bv+40 hYhDYQ/7BEycQQ89P6BWD45IXq/kk5va4Nk40CSFiZlI+Ja3FJAIiPGX1PzAxEQJ Rc8nl0bsUt+wkkAyOsShGktFXmIgHdgJ+QpqOSv/pZVu5tcV3hZ0wq8Df0X6rIDL 1l3+KEzlHwlphzGk/lrvKot5Np/OiTSWTNE8iRnvlqSxKBv4g/o5PNup9fuvNCsd QRn9Mlm42sCm+g4Jg9Qr+xN6qOBadVutG6NFfPHPIAVAiLoe4nx6JcZX+xs2xEvw PJbmQlRp4ObkDUo3rC+AS/++tGhE3bpI4BWGlmePpBQdiRDMVlNkA73o5HfNjKzt S14Isrzd3ri6xuWMri8aOMCgwJeRdleqrPENpXukl2cQLx5uBj5BrQRe1lEnfgVM PE9jBq7dZVwTDNNFy6NgTmodM+oucJHE4ILN3ZPnj4meARQVZUZ7cfeFL3uRozdR jBxo4WdCt4W4QtdqvbpvE9YoiRPStcFJSoWCR9ZqhD13rcBBhMuXR8kUdB6erZ/J U4iiMqiAp7GZvzV6SQp/99II3Ym3PeTcB0RT16HVuX9mJDiKRANAwebfkeVSJ3yk Kv9Z+NotWFSDq4m3Ha86c0/+w8Nyv7wwM2b9p5i4iLGby1WapsRaJUaghAhPPujn wl8WqgreaZ6KAS5B1NJC12FPEC3uZln4BbYDn85Vt/oUn389NJ0= =zg6Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ajc7ngzq362ceeil--