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Re:The modern packager’s security nightmare by drran on Monday February 22, 2021 @03:22AM (#26222099)
Distributions are not breaking software, they are just distributing broken software. Blame upstream for lack of testing. Or create your own distribution of flawless software and keep it up to date and flawless for the rest of your life.
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Re:The modern packager’s security nightmare by lifthrasiir on Monday February 22, 2021 @05:00AM (#26222680)
Oh, sure. Softwares are broken, you can't fix that. Traditional distros just happen to (falsely) believe that they can somehow fix at their level. What we need instead is a distro that is resilient to software breakage, not flawless software. Does my hope look that unreasonable to you?
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Re:The modern packager’s security nightmare by drran on Monday February 22, 2021 @06:37AM (#26223356)
My distro works just fine, when an X11 app crashes due to a bug in the Nvidia driver, but I cannot.
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