[kwlug-disc] More news on ownCloud

[Bob Jonkman]

Right. I swear it was in the reply text when I sent the message. Give me a full keyboard any day. These little .virtual keyboard are for the birds.

--Bob, who is more of a hunter than a pecker

Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>I don't see a link.
>
>I assume you mean this, which was making the rounds today
>
>http://www.pcworld.com/article/2845072/ubuntu-owncloud-and-a-hidden-dark-side-of-linux-software-repositories.html
>
>On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>> Of course, it isn't just ownCloud. Nobody knows how many other
>vulnerable
>> packages exist in Universe where the packagers have abandoned the
>software
>> and the developers haven't taken the responsible step of requesting
>its
>> removal.
>>
>> This article seems particularly biased against ownCloud. It neglects
>to
>> mention that the only supported repository is the SUSE build servers
>(which
>> is what I demonstrated in my presentation), and that other people
>took it
>> upon themselves to package it for Ubuntu and then failed to maintain
>it.
>>
>> --Bob.
>>
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