Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 17:08:35 -0400 From: Paul Chvostek <paul@it.ca> To: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: comms/hylafax Message-ID: <20000429170835.A56297@flarn.it.ca> In-Reply-To: <20000428130134.H53118@supernews.com>; from Ade Lovett on Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 01:01:34PM -0500 References: <20000428124946.G53118@lovett.com> <200004281752.NAA01924@shell.clark.net> <20000428130134.H53118@supernews.com>
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One eensy weensy security hole, and you want to drop the package. ;-) Personally, I think Hylafax is great. In the environment in which I use it, it's secure enough for me. (My FAX machine doesn't do anything but answer FAXes.) And despite the "BROKEN" marker, it's still the only full-featured enterprise FAX software in the ports collection. Were I a C jockey, I might take on the task of patching the hole and addressing the PRs, but I suspect I'd spend my time on other things instead. If the authors are really MIA, then perhaps some attention should be given to http://www.hylafax.org/. I haven't looked in too much depth, but somebody's at home there; the FAQ was last updated April 12th 2000, and there's regular traffic on the flexfax mailing lists. I'm away for the next two weeks, but if nobody else hoists the flag, I'd be happy to try on the hat of maintainer and collect patches after I return. I think Hylafax should remain in the ports collection, even in its BROKEN state, until there's something that does its job better. If you're looking for contact via email, check out the mailing lists at http://www.hylafax.org/mailing-lists.html. Sam Lefler may not be as visible these days, but there *is* still a user base of unix people who don't want to buckle and use Windows NT with commercial software for enterprise FAX service. On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 01:01:34PM -0500, Ade Lovett wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 01:52:12PM -0400, T.E.Dickey wrote: > > > comms/hylafax has been marked FORBIDDEN with security holes for > > > quite some time now. There are also a few ports PRs open relating > > > to it. Since neither the authors, nor anyone on the ports list > > > appears to be concerned about it enough to fix it, I am proposing > > > that one week from today (5th May 2000) > > > > why don't you cc the authors on this? > > Sorry, should have mentioned that first.. > > Mail to the authors has seemingly disappeared into a black hole :( > > -aDe > > -- > Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message -- Paul Chvostek <paul@it.ca> Operations / Development / Abuse / Whatever vox: +1 416 598 0000 IT Canada http://www.it.ca/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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