CentOS docs - Jan 2015 - Pull Request wiki.c.o/AdditionalResources/Repositories

> CentOS repos. There are others that do. Some of the repos that overwrite
> core packages do so with little packages like sqlite (yum uses sqlite so
> changing the version of it is not a Good Thing for system stabilty).
> Other repos in that list have been effectively unmaintained for a number
> of years so they contain packages that may have severe unfixed security
> vulnerabilities.
I suggest that we shouldn't use euphemisms when it's far more valuable
to come out and say it.  I would certainly appreciate if the centos docs
explicitly tagged the other repos with these comments.  Factual commentary
about risks does not come anywhere close to libel...

regards, mark hahn.

On 01/15/2015 03:44 AM, Mark Hahn wrote:
>> CentOS repos. There are others that do. Some of the repos that
overwrite
>> core packages do so with little packages like sqlite (yum uses sqlite
so
>> changing the version of it is not a Good Thing for system stabilty).
>> Other repos in that list have been effectively unmaintained for a
number
>> of years so they contain packages that may have severe unfixed security
>> vulnerabilities.
>
> I suggest that we shouldn't use euphemisms when it's far more
valuable
> to come out and say it.  I would certainly appreciate if the centos docs
> explicitly tagged the other repos with these comments.  Factual 
> commentary
> about risks does not come anywhere close to libel...
>
> regards, mark hahn.
A very old British story goes like that:

A British business man was dictating to his secretary a letter for an 
incorrect business partner.
"Dear Sir
Because I am a gentleman and my secretary is a lady, I cannot express in 
words what I think about you. However since you are neither one, I am 
sure you will understand what I wanted to say.

Your sincerely,
...."

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Manuel Wolfshant
<wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro> wrote:
> On 01/15/2015 03:44 AM, Mark Hahn wrote:
>>>
>>> CentOS repos. There are others that do. Some of the repos that
overwrite
>>> core packages do so with little packages like sqlite (yum uses
sqlite so
>>> changing the version of it is not a Good Thing for system
stabilty).
>>> Other repos in that list have been effectively unmaintained for a
number
>>> of years so they contain packages that may have severe unfixed
security
>>> vulnerabilities.
>>
>>
>> I suggest that we shouldn't use euphemisms when it's far more
valuable
>> to come out and say it.  I would certainly appreciate if the centos
docs
>> explicitly tagged the other repos with these comments.  Factual
commentary
>> about risks does not come anywhere close to libel...
>>
>> regards, mark hahn.
>
> A very old British story goes like that:
>
> A British business man was dictating to his secretary a letter for an
> incorrect business partner.
> "Dear Sir
> Because I am a gentleman and my secretary is a lady, I cannot express in
> words what I think about you. However since you are neither one, I am sure
> you will understand what I wanted to say.
>
> Your sincerely,
I've got to store that one somewhere easily accessible.

My mentors always insisted one was not sufficiently creative if one
truly needed profanity or its near proximity to encapsulate revulsion.