From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Apr 29 18:23:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from viper.lovett.com (hub.lovett.com [216.60.121.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EFEB37B5F2 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:23:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ade@lovett.com) Received: from ade by viper.lovett.com with local (Exim 3.13 #1) id 12liRz-000JTc-00; Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:23:11 -0500 Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:23:11 -0500 From: Ade Lovett To: Bill Fenner Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: comms/hylafax Message-ID: <20000429202311.F67170@lovett.com> References: <200004292304.QAA02196@windsor.research.att.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200004292304.QAA02196@windsor.research.att.com>; from fenner@research.att.com on Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 04:04:24PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 04:04:24PM -0700, Bill Fenner wrote: > > AFAIK, hylafax is still the most full-featured FAX server available > for UNIX. Definitely. > People in a trusted firewalled environment, for example, have > much less to worry about with respect to the security holes that exist. My point in starting this thread, with the 'threat' of removing comms/hylafax, is that it has two current problems: 1. a known security hole (regardless of the severity in trusted environments, it's still a hole), that has not been address in quite some time. 2. no current MAINTAINER (2) is more problematical, especially in terms of (1). One of the problems when adding so many new ports on a seemingly constant basis is ensuring that "bit-rot" is kept to a minimum, and ports that fit into categories (1) and (2) should, imo, be first up against the wall. Now, it appears that we've stirred up a little interest in perhaps getting the port operational again. This is good. I don't take to saying "kill this port" lightly. The first step would be for one of the interested parties here to step up to the plate and take MAINTAINERship. Any takers? -aDe -- Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message