[CentOS] CROSS-LIST Notice: Changes in EPEL

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' ?


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Regards,

Paul.
England, EU.