On Wed, 2014-11-05 at 06:01 -0600, Jim Perrin wrote: > As far as package installation goes, Jake outlined most things quite > well. What's being ignored is that this depends on the package. These > packages aren't maintained, so no one is checking them to see if there > are security issues associated with them. If what you have installed is > a service or application that is exposed to the outside world, then you > have the possibility for exploit in the older, unmaintained version. Does that mean the source coding will be "lost" forever ? and if someone in the future wants that functionality, they will have to re-invent the 'wheel' ? -- Regards, Paul. England, EU.